blue-sky
blue-sky — 形容詞
1. Describes research or ideas explored freely, before anyone knows whether they ca
自由發想的
暫不考慮實用性或獲利的創意
Describes research or ideas explored freely, before anyone knows whether they can work or earn money.
Rin's blue-sky study asked whether old paper could keep homes warm.
Rin 的自由發想研究，探討舊紙能否讓房子保持溫暖。
blue-sky + study
During blue-sky thinking, the class imagined a garden on the roof.
自由發想時，全班想像屋頂上可以有一座花園。
blue-sky + thinking
At the lab, blue-sky ideas took shape in drawings on the wall.
在實驗室裡，自由發想的點子化作畫在牆上的圖稿。
blue-sky + ideas
Beatriz called the project blue-sky because no one knew its use yet.
Beatriz 說這項計畫是自由發想的，因為還沒人知道它能派上什麼用場。
- blue-sky research
- blue-sky thinking
2. Showing more confidence in a good future than the facts support.
不切實際的
對未來過度樂觀，缺乏事實依據
Showing more confidence in a good future than the facts support.
Hamza made blue-sky promises about finishing the bridge in one week.
Hamza 不切實際地保證一週內就能蓋好橋。
blue-sky + promises
The mayor's blue-sky plan left no money for the new school.
市長不切實際的計畫，連新學校的經費都沒有編列。
blue-sky + plan
The manager's blue-sky forecast ignored the ten empty tables at lunch.
午餐時還有十張空桌，經理卻提出不切實際的樂觀預測。
Christopher warned that the blue-sky sales target ignored last year's losses.
Christopher 警告，這個不切實際的銷售目標忽略了去年的虧損。
用法筆記
Unlike sense 1, this sense judges the hope as unrealistic rather than simply open to new possibilities.
blue-sky — 動詞
- blue-skypresent simple I / you / we / they
- blue-skies3rd person singular
- blue-skying-ing form
- blue-skiedpast simple
1. To suggest imaginative plans without worrying yet whether they will work.
自由發想
先不管可行性，提出新點子
To suggest imaginative plans without worrying yet whether they will work.
Amihan asked the group to blue-sky before planning the new playground.
Amihan 請大家先自由發想，再規劃新遊樂場。
intransitive: blue-sky before planning
At lunch, Harper and Sivan blue-skied, filling a page with wild ideas.
午餐時，Harper 和 Sivan 自由發想，把大膽點子寫滿一頁。
Before checking the budget, the builders blue-skied; one drew a house on wheels.
查預算之前，建築工人先自由發想；其中一人畫了一棟有輪子的房子。
intransitive: blue-sky without an object
During the meeting, Reema urged everyone to blue-sky without checking costs.
在會議中，Reema 鼓勵大家先自由發想，不用查核費用。
用法筆記
Used without a direct object.