Therefore, making them have great achievements may just be a wishful thinking on parents' part.

因而想使他们有较大成就也只能是一厢情愿而已。

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I've got a feeling that Alex likes me, but that might just be wishful thinking.

我有一种感觉：亚历克斯喜欢我。但那可能只是我一相情愿的想法。

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In such a context, viewing science as a driver for peace may be wishful thinking.

在这种语境下，把科学视为和平的推动者可能是一厢情愿的思维。

youdao

As in domestic affairs, there is too often a blindness to consequences, a wishful thinking about human nature, and the same refusal to pay the price for maintaining our civilization.

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