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

• Manski might seem quixotic in his request that serious policy analysis be presented with more humility, given that neither politicians nor the media have much appetite even for overly-certain serious policy analysis.
  曼斯基主张严肃的政策分析应当表现得更加谦逊，这一点似乎有些异想天开，毕竟无论是政治人物还是媒体，对严肃政策分析都没有多少兴趣，即便这些分析有着过分的确定性。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• It seemed to John as if merely by making this blind quixotic effort he was on the way to insure a happy issue for their love.
  约翰觉得似乎只要这样盲目而为切实际地努力一番就必定能使他们的爱情产生美满的结果。
• On the one hand, it can make the principles training much more pertinent and quixotic. On the other hand, principles can continuously consummate themselves, sort through role cluster, manage role impact, complete role play in the complicated social milieu.
  一方面，可以使中学校长培训课程更具有针对性、实效性；另一方面，在复杂的社会环境中，校长可以不断实现完善自我，理清角色丛、处理角色冲突，更好地完成角色扮演。
• 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。
• In a quixotic manner.
  以唐吉诃德式的方式。
• The US Congress, instead of celebrating the rise of millions to the ranks of the middle class, has embarked on a quixotic adventure to find a culprit for the rise in oil and commodities prices.
  美国国会并没有欢呼数以百万计的人成为中产阶级，相反却开始了一场唐吉诃德式的冒险，试图找出石油和大宗商品价格上涨的罪魁祸首。
• And the fellowship's members do not view global use of Esperanto as a quixotic goal.
  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。