因为从山顶向下传播的光会穿过许多这样的层，所以测量员看到的可能是海市蜃楼而不是山峰本身。
Because light traveling down from a summit passes through many such layers, a surveyor could sight a mirage rather than the peak itself.
在炎热的夏天开车时，你可能会在路上看到闪闪发光的水，但科学告诉我们，这其实只是海市蜃楼，是空气加热造成的幻觉。
When driving in a car on a hot summer day, you may see what looks like shimmering water on the road, which, as science tells us, is really just a mirage, an illusion caused by the heating of the air.
我们都有过感觉出错的经历——是幻觉，亦或是海市蜃楼。
We have all had experiences where our senses have been wrong—illusions, perhaps, mirages.
尼泊尔是一个小国，从12,000英尺高度上向东飞行的飞机的舷窗望出去，可以清楚地看到左侧窗外30英里外高耸的喜马拉雅山脉明亮的白色海市蜃楼。
Nepal is a small country, and from the windows of our plane floating eastward at 12,000 feet, one can see clearly the brilliant white mirage of the high Himalayas thirty miles off the left window.
他认为这种繁荣的海市蜃楼。
《巨头的诅咒》一书却认为，这些利好只是海市蜃楼。
"The Curse of the Mogul" argues that this upside was a mirage.
然而在这样一个晴朗的天气从一定距离看去，明亮的秋季光线使它看上去朦胧而辉煌，就像童话中的海市蜃楼。
Seen from a distance on this sunny day, however, the bright autumn light made it hazy and golden, like a mirage in a fairy tale.
这是美国最奇特也最迷人的城市，它在沙漠之中闪闪发光就像一座海市蜃楼。
It is the strangest and most fantastic city in America, glittering in the middle of the desert like a neon mirage.
这波富裕的浪潮纯粹是海市蜃楼还是会奔流不息呢？
Is this wave of affluence a chimera or does it have solid underpinnings?
实验就象海市蜃楼，在高温下，光线发生弯曲，从而前面的道路就看不见了，而只能看到后面的天空图像。
It's like a mirage, where heat causes the bending of light rays and cloaks the road ahead behind an image of the sky.
那种认为欧元区出口会继续不顾成本，高歌猛进的观点不过是海市蜃楼般的幻觉。
It is a delusion to suppose that euro-area exports can continue to barrel on regardless of their cost.
琼斯先生说，最遭的是，虽然有一些确实改变了其地位，关于机会的谈话大多只是供娱乐的海市蜃楼。
Worst of all, says Mr Jones, although a few do manage to escape their backgrounds, by and large the talk of opportunity is a diverting mirage.
总而言之，冬天是坟墓，春天是谎言，夏天则是险恶的海市蜃楼。
In short, winter is a tomb, spring is a lie, and summer is a pernicious mirage.
海市蜃楼及其伴随的快速复苏希望，已经破灭了。
The mirage, and with it hopes of a speedy recovery, has vanished.
NBA季后赛的海市蜃楼呈现在他脑海里，这时欢乐的喊声从窗外传进来。
The looming NBA playoffs were on his mind. So were the joyful shouts emanating through his window.
没有难题困扰的人生是一个幻想，是沙漠中的海市蜃楼。
好像海市蜃楼似地，但又非常真实。
很有可能的是，在2018年前实现退休金平衡将成为海市蜃楼。
It could well be that equilibrium in the pension fund by 2018 turns out to be something of a mirage.
再举一个例子，古代，在海面出现“海市蜃楼”，比如海面上出现一座山，人们会怎么想？
Let me give another example, in the ancient times, how would people react to the mirage such as a hill on top of the sea.
现在，即使是乐观主义者也担心这种美好的前景可能只是海市蜃楼。
Now even the optimists fear this wonderful prospect may be a mirage.
现在，即使是乐观主义者也担心这种美好的前景可能只是海市蜃楼。
Now even the optimists fear this wonderful prospect may be a mirage.
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