mirage [məˈrɑ:ʒ]

例句:

• The girl was a mirage, cast up by his troubled mind.
  那个女孩是他的幻觉，是他那忧郁不安的头脑妄想出来的。
  
• It hovered before his eyes like the mirage of an oasis.
  它在他眼前晃动，好像海市蜃楼里的绿洲。
  
• The objectivity of science is a mirage.
  所谓科学的客观性是一种幻想。
  
• The mirage...which so tantalized the French soldiers in Egypt.
  来自J. Tyndall
• This break-up lament concludes Mirage Rock with some style.
  来自BBC
• The cheap fuel argument is simply a mirage.
  来自BBC