quixotically
adverb
literaryuk/kwɪkˈsɒt.ɪ.kəl.i/us/kwɪkˈsɑː.t̬ɪ.kəl.i/in a way that is notpracticalorlikelytosucceed:
不切实际地;空想地;侠义地Hebelievesdeeply,maybequixotically, in hiscandidates.他对他的候选人深信不疑,也许这是不切实际的。
She's quixoticallydeterminedtochangehim.她想当然地决心要改变他。
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quixotic
- He quixoticallyattackstheprejudiceall around him.
- He quixoticallyexpressedthehopethat thedevelopmentwould be car-free.
- Shecampaignedquixotically for thepresidency.
Useless and futile
- a mug's gameidiom
- adrift
- aimless
- aimlessly
- aimlessness
- airy-fairy
- frivolous
- frivolousness
- fruitless
- fruitlessly
- fruitlessness
- moon around
- motiveless
- negate
- negation
- unfruitful
- unrealistic
- unrealistically
- untilyou areblue in the faceidiom
- unviability