quixotic

英 [kwɪkˈsɒtɪk]

美 [kwɪkˈsɑːtɪk]

adj.  想入非非的; 异想天开的; 堂吉诃德式的

GRE

BNC.32638 / COCA.21881

牛津词典

adj.

• 想入非非的；异想天开的；堂吉诃德式的
  having or involving ideas or plans that show imagination but are usually not practical

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 堂吉诃德式的;幻想的;不切实际的;空想的
  If you describe someone's ideas or plans asquixotic, you mean that they are imaginative or hopeful but unrealistic.
  1. He has always lived his life by a hopelessly quixotic code of honour.
     他生活中一直遵循一种完全不切实际的堂吉诃德式的道德准则。

英英释义

adj

• not sensible about practical matters
  1. as quixotic as a restoration of medieval knighthood
  2. a romantic disregard for money
  3. a wild-eyed dream of a world state
  Synonym:romanticwild-eyed

双语例句

• In a quixotic manner.
  以唐吉诃德式的方式。
• These shifts make small, D.I.Y. collectives like Triple Canopy appear more traditional than ever, if not just quixotic a word derived from one of the first novels licensed to a publisher.
  这些变化使得三冠出品的小规模、自助类的选本显得愈加传统，如果不仅是唐吉诃德式的话这个词还源自历史上最早授权给出版商的小说之一。
• Possibly the most quixotic of these ventures involved wandering around in the midday sun within one degree of the equator enquiring where I could find a decent funeral.
  这种冒险中最富狂想色彩的，也许当属在距离赤道1度以里的位置，顶着正午烈日，到处询问哪儿有隆重的葬礼。
• "Quixotic Principle" in Faulkner's Novels
  福克纳小说创作中的吉诃德原则
• London did the same when it designated the industrial wasteland around Canary Wharf as a financial hub back in the 1980s. What was ridiculed at the time as a quixotic venture is now one of the world's key financial centers.
  伦敦也曾在上世纪80年代将金丝雀码头（CanaryWharf）附近的工业废弃地规划为一个金融中心。尽管当时被嘲讽为不切实际的冒险，现在这里已经成为全球主要金融中心之一。
• Mr Murdoch is clearly enthusiastic about his latest, quixotic newspaper war with The New York Times.
  默多克显然对他最近与《纽约时报》（theNewYorkTimes）展开的、堂吉诃德式的报业大战极为热衷。
• These may seem quixotic or paradoxical choices, but bear with me.
  这些似乎是不切实际或自相矛盾的选择，但请先容我讲完。
• Most of the Washington cognoscenti have written off a potential candidacy as quixotic.
  多数华盛顿观察家都将他参选总统视为一件冲动之举。
• That makes an effort by Google, to burrow deep into the leading US research libraries to make digital copies of all the works it can lay its hands on, seem both ambitious and quixotic.
  这让谷歌的一项努力看起来既雄心万丈又不切实际。谷歌对美国顶尖研究图书馆进行深度挖掘，为它能得到的所有著作制作数字副本。
• As quixotic as a restoration of medieval knighthood; a romantic disregard for money; a wild-eyed dream of a world state.
  象中世纪骑士精神式的不切实际；对金钱不切实际的漠视；对世界大同的不切实际的梦想。