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

• 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。
• 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）
• 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。
• "Quixotic Principle" in Faulkner's Novels
  福克纳小说创作中的吉诃德原则
• 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。
• 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 is something of a quixotic mission but is nevertheless notable for at least two reasons.
  这是一项不切实际的任务，但至少有两个原因使它值得关注。
• The artist on this quixotic mission is a quiet, nondescript man with glasses and an anorak.
  正在进行这项异想天开使命的插画家是一位戴眼镜、穿防水夹克、文静且不起眼的一般男子。
• 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。
• Monroe once justified her quixotic behaviour with the line:'It is better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.'In my view, she ended up being both.
  她曾替自己过火的行为辩护：“就算愚蠢至极也比无聊至极好。”但笔者认为她两个至极都占了。