quixotic
quixotic 英 [kwɪkˈsɒtɪk] 美 [kwɪkˈsɑtɪk]
adj. 唐吉诃德式的；狂想家的；愚侠的
名词复数:quixotics
- Use quixotic for someone or something that is romantic and unrealistic, or possessed by almost impossible hopes. Your quixotic task is easy to understand, if difficult to achieve: establish world peace.
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- adj. 唐吉诃德式的；狂想家的；愚侠的
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1. The effort may seem quixotic, for it is a commonplace that sexual passion belongs to the domain of the irrational; but it is a false commonplace.
这种努力可能显得有些堂吉诃德，因为一种陈词滥调就是性激情属于无理性的领域，不过它是错误的滥调。
- quixotic (adj.) "extravagantly chivalrous," 1791, from Don Quixote, romantic, impractical hero of Cervantes' satirical novel "Don Quixote de la Mancha" (1605; English translation by 1620). His name literally means "thigh," also "a cuisse" (a piece of armor for the thigh), in Modern Spanish quijote, from Latin coxa "hip." Related: Quixotical; quixotically.
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