| 词汇 | quixotic |
| 释义 | quixoticWord family adverbquixoticallynounquixotismquixotryadjectivequixotic quix·ot·ic /kwɪkˈsɒtɪk $ -ˈsɑː-/ adjectiveadj IMPOSSIBLEquixotic ideas or plans are not practical and are based on unreasonable hopes of improving the world 堂吉诃德式的，愚侠(式)的；不切实际的，空想的 This is a vast, exciting, and perhaps quixotic project. 这是一个庞大、令人兴奋的项目，但可能有点不切实际。 Examples from the Corpus quixotic• This ended in a quixotic campaign for statehood.• So here, thought Dalgliesh, lay the secret of Berowne's quixotic decision to give up his job.• Wild eclecticism has been the hallmark of Boyd's 30-year career as record producer, failed film mogul and quixotic entrepreneur.• My superior self was on a quixotic errand!• But the most startling fact revealed in the survey even had an element of quixotic honour attached to it.• Particularly quixotic is their concept of the sources of illegitimacy.• He began a quixotic search for the mother who abandoned him.• Maureen and Christine understood that theirs was a quixotic task. (1700-1800) Don Quixote, main character of the book Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605) by Spanish writer Cervantes |
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