化为泡影

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself - nameless, unreasoning, un justified terror, which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.

我们唯一不得不害怕的就是害怕本身--一种莫名其妙、丧失理智的、毫无根据的恐惧，它把人转退为进所需的种种努力化为泡影。

Without specifically addressing these issues, political elites will continue to focus on getting resource-based wealth out of the country as fast as possible, and investment and development remain mirages.

如果统治者不是更多的关注于上述问题的解决，他们则会更加严酷的盘剥国内的资源与财富，并以最快的速度源源不断的向国外转移，到那时，至于投资和发展就会化为泡影成为华而不实的海市蜃楼。

But the romance of China was soon eclipsed by the struggle to live, as a free-thinking foreigner, within the communist system.

不过，作为一个有着自由思想的外国人，身处共产主义体制的柯利达无时无刻不在为生存而抗争，这使得之前他对中国的美好憧憬在顷刻间化为泡影。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。