wishful thinking in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for wishful thinking in the English»Serbian Dictionary

wish·ful 'think·ing N no pl

wishful thinking

puste želje f [or snovi]

Translations for wishful thinking in the English»Serbian Dictionary

I.think·ing ['θɪŋkɪŋ] N no pl

1. thinking (using thought):

thinking

razmišljanje nt

to do some thinking about sth

razmišljati o nečemu

2. thinking (reasoning):

thinking

rezonovanje nt

good thinking! that's a brilliant idea!

odlično! to je sjajna ideja!

3. thinking (opinion):

thinking

mišljenje nt

to my way of thinking

po mom mišljenju...

II.think·ing ['θɪŋkɪŋ] ADJ attr

thinking

razuman

thinking

koji misli

I.think [θɪŋk] N no pl inf

to have a think about sth

razmisliti o nečemu

II.think <thought, thought> [θɪŋk] VB intr

1. think (believe):

think

pomisliti // misliti

think

smatrati

think

verovati

yes, I think so

da, mislim da je tako

no, I don't think so

ne, ne bih rekao

2. think (reason, have views/ideas):

think

misliti

think

razmišljati

think

rezonovati imperf

not everybody thinks like you

ne misle svi kao ti

3. think (consider to be, have an opinion):

I want you to think of me as a friend

voleo bih da me smatraš za prijatelja

think nothing of it!

nema na čemu! odgovor na zahvaljivanje

to think highly of sb/sth

imati visoko mišljenje o nekome/nečemu

to think nothing of doing sth

ne prezati od nečega

to think nothing of doing sth

smatrati nešto uobičajenim

to think nothing of doing sth

ne smatrati nešto problemom

4. think (expect):

I thought as much!

tako sam i mislio!

5. think (intend):

he thinks of doing sth

razmišlja da uradi nešto

6. think (come up with):

to think of sth

smisliti nešto

to think of a solution

smisliti rešenje

7. think (remember):

I can't think when/where/who ...

ne mogu da se setim kada/gde/ko...

8. think (reflect):

think

razmisliti // razmišljati

that'll give him something to think about

imaće o čemu da razmišlja

I haven't seen him for weeks, in fact, come to think of it, since March

nisam ga video nedeljama, a kad bolje razmislim, od marta

to think better of doing sth

bolje razmisliti o nečemu

to think for oneself

misliti svojom glavom

9. think (imagine):

to think of sth

zamisliti nešto

10. think (have in one's mind):

think

imati na umu

to think of sb/sth

imati nekoga/nešto na umu

to think of sb/sth

misliti na nekoga/nešto

11. think (take into account):

to think of sth

uzeti u obzir

Phrases:

to be unable to hear oneself think

biti izložen zaglušujućoj buci

III.think <thought, thought> [θɪŋk] VB trans

1. think (hold an opinion):

think

smatrati

think

oceniti

to think the world of sb/sth

misliti da je neko najbolji/nešto najbolje

to think to oneself that ...

pomisliti u sebi da...

2. think (consider to be):

who do you think you are?

šta umišljaš o sebi?

to think it [un]likely that ...

smatrati da je (malo) verovatno da...

3. think (intend):

I think I'll go for a walk

mislim da ću otići u šetnju

4. think (remember):

to think to do sth

setiti se nečega

5. think (find surprising, strange, foolish):

to think [that] I loved him!

kad samo pomislim da sam ga volela!

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The idea is controversial within the scientific community, coming under fire for bad anatomical science or simply wishful thinking.

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The reports turned out to be false, the result of wishful thinking and poor communications between the continents.

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Lane admits that this was wishful thinking, since all of his failed relationships have ended on bad terms.

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Explanations for the observed biases include wishful thinking and the limited human capacity to process information.

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The outcome of valence effects may be called wishful thinking.

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Again we see a strange kind of wishful thinking mixing a general understanding of a concept with demands put by his own specific system.

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The main reason for these expectations was bad information that fed wishful thinking.

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Second, wishful thinking could be generated by selective interpretation of cues.

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Unfortunately, the authors find, this is no more than wishful thinking.

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Lack of snowfall during this time, along with insufficient funds, made this mostly wishful thinking.

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