Is it a mirage? No, it really is snowing in the desert.

这是幻想吗？不，沙漠里真的在下雪。

The backbar mirror picked up some of the street-glare and glimmered in the gloom like a mirage.

吧台后面的镜子捕捉到一些大街上的光亮，在黑暗处犹如幻景一般闪着光。

For the aspiring undying, Mr Cave unfortunately concludes that immortality is a mirage.

对向往长不老的人而言遗憾的是，凯夫做出了一个结：是种幻想。

The wise man, seeing the vanity of all such fictitious charms, regards them as a dream, a mirage, a fantasy.

若有智人。正观察妇人身体体性如是空无有主。犹如梦幻。

Rapidly, he would looked something like a mirage?

很 幻影一样？

Or he was a dating mirage. I was so hungry for a spark, I hallucinated a man.

或许我渴望心动的感觉。所以幻想出那个男人。

So this idea of control and regulation is a mirage. The industry is controlling what's happening.

控制和管理都是纸上谈兵。是产业在控制着事态的发展。

Is this a mirage sitting before me?

坐在我面前的难道是幻象么？

Or he was a dating mirage. l was so hungry for a spark, l hallucinated a man.

或许我渴望心动的感觉 所以幻想出那个男人。

It serves a uniquely American need: Even at the height of desperation, nothing can ever dispel the mirage that riches are available to anyone with the work ethic and (if you insist) a little savvy.

即使在极度绝望的时候，也无法消除这样一种幻想：只要有职业道德和一点悟性（如果你坚持的话），财富能唾手可得。

There is straight description ( “a few solitary drinkers at the bar” ) and a bit of rather more poetic description ( “The backbar mirror … glimmered in the gloom like a mirage” ) in my central descriptive paragraph about Palm Too.

在我这段关于乂见棕榈餐馆的描述性段落里，既有平铺直叙(“酒吧区坐着几个孤独的酒客”)，也有一些比较诗意的描写（“吧台后面的镜子… … 在黑暗处犹如幻景一般闪着光”)。