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

• 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。
• Refusing to carry out orders would not only be pointlessly quixotic, it would be downright stupid.
  拒绝服从命令不仅是毫无意义的唐吉诃德主义，而且愚蠢之极。
• 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。
• 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。
• "Quixotic Principle" in Faulkner's Novels
  福克纳小说创作中的吉诃德原则
• At worst his scruples must have been quixotic, not malicious ( Louis Auchincloss)
  从最坏的角度来说，他的疑虑肯定是出于一时冲动，而不含恶意（路易斯奥金克洛斯）
• 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。
• A truly quixotic landscape is seen in Salvador Dal í' s 1946 painting The Temptation of St. Anthony ( top right), which depicts a metropolis set upon the backs of animals.
  萨尔瓦多·达利（SalvadorDalí）1946年的油画《圣安东尼的诱惑》（TheTemptationofSt.Anthony，右上）描绘了一个建在动物背上的大都市，那是真正的空想风景。
• And the fellowship's members do not view global use of Esperanto as a quixotic goal. The consensus among the world's scientists is that the world is likely to warm up over the next decades.
  而该联谊会队员并不认为全球采用世界语是一个遥不可及的目标。全世界的科学家一致认为，地球很可能在今后几十年中变暖。
• 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。