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单词 quixotic
释义
quixotic
adjective
literary
uk
/kwɪkˈsɒt.ɪk/us
/kwɪkˈsɑː.t̬ɪk/
having orshowingideasthat are different andunusualbut notpracticalorlikelytosucceed:
不切实际的，异想天开的
This is avast,excitingand some say quixoticproject.这是一个宏大而激动人心的、甚至有人认为是异想天开的项目。
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quixotically
(Definition ofquixoticfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

quixotic| American Dictionary

quixotic
adjective
us
/kwɪkˈsɑt̬·ɪk/
literature
havingintentionsorideasthat areadmirablebut notpractical:
Manythinktheseattemptsto makelawyersbehaveare quixotic.
(Definition ofquixoticfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofquixotic

quixotic
To suggest that the record company will simply dissolve because of online delivery isquixotic.
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At the same time, he acknowledges thequixoticnature of an idea that is 'a kind of rearguard response to the commodification of architecture'.
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But it was hard to love the following 17-minute manipulation of synthesised drum-kit patterns, and the project felt self-absorbed andquixotic.
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The honour of banners and rhetoric andquixoticcourage was real and often useful, but it was not central to the practice of soldier's honour.
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Parole seems at first sight a highly chivalric, evenquixotic, institution.
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Capturing this acceptably well by using crosssectional data aggregated by provinces is aquixoticquest, and can never yield more than very crude results.
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One date, however, provesquixoticin this respect.
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Yet, due to its typicallyquixoticand spontaneous nature, play is hard to document systematically.
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Yet to try to establish what ' really happened ', and distinguish this from the ' mythical ' past, is aquixoticexercise.
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Conservatives ' ' were increasingly cognizant, ' ' he says, ' ' of the need to avoid eitherquixoticantistatism or morose authoritarianism if their movement was to capture national power and respect.
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In view of this complexity, it would surely bequixoticto look for a very simple explanation of the cross-national patterns of wage inequality described above.
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I know that this is a hopeless,quixotic, endeavour.
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And yet, from thisquixotic, covert, inequitable creature—be he conciliator or adjudicator—there is no right of appeal.
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I very much regret that some authorities takequixoticand occasionally damaging decisions when exercising that discretion, but that is not my responsibility.
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The responsibilities for success or failure are far too grave and far-reaching to permitquixoticgestures for their own sake.
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