quixotic

🇬🇧 UK/kwik'sɔtik/🇺🇸 US
GREC2

Definitions

adj.

Idealistic and romantic in a way that is impractical or unrealistic

堂吉诃德式的,脱离实际的,充满幻想的

🧩 Root Breakdown

Eponym
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Common Collocations

  • 1.quixotic quest堂吉诃德式的追求
  • 2.quixotic ambition不切实际的野心
  • 3.[quixotic venture]异想天开的冒险
  • 4.quixotic idealism脱离现实的理想主义

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    His quixotic plan to end world hunger in a year impressed no one.

  • 2.

    She embarked on a quixotic quest to restore the crumbling medieval castle alone.

  • 3.

    The startup's quixotic ambitions attracted both ridicule and admiration.

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