quixotic
音标发音
- 英式音标 [kwɪkˈsɒt.ɪk]
- 美式音标 [kwɪkˈsɑː.t̬ɪk]
- 国际音标 [kwik'sɔtik]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- adj.唐吉訶德式的;狂想家的;不切實際的
词根记忆
- 來自DonQuixote《堂·吉訶德》;亦作quixotical
- qui + xotic(看作exotic,奇異的)→奇異的事物有很多都是不切實際的,比如唐吉訶德式的人物→唐吉訶德式的
英汉例句
- He has always lived his life by a hopelessly quixotic code of honour.
他生活中一直遵循一種完全不切實際的堂吉訶德式的道德準則。 - These may seem quixotic or paradoxical choices, but bear with me.
這些似乎是不切實際或自相矛盾的選擇, 但請先容我講完. - At worst his scruples must have been quixotic, not malicious ( Louis Auchincloss )
從最壞的角度來說,他的疑慮肯定是出於一時沖動, 而不含惡意 ( 路易斯奧金尅洛斯 ) - He has always lived his life by a hopelessly quixotic code of honour.
他生活中一直遵循一種完全不切實際的堂吉訶德式的道德準則。 - These may seem quixotic or paradoxical choices, but bear with me.
這些似乎是不切實際或自相矛盾的選擇, 但請先容我講完.
词组短语
- Quixotic Knight 愛幻想的騎士
- quixotic reliability 狂想信度
- quixotic pragmatic 唐吉訶德式的
- Quixotic goal 唐詰訶德式的目標
- quixotic chivalry 唐吉坷德式的騎士精神
短語
英英字典
- having or showing ideas that are different and unusual but not practical or likely to succeed
- If you describe someone's ideas or plans as quixotic, you mean that they are imaginative or hopeful but unrealistic.