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单词 utopia
释义
utopiau‧to‧pi‧a, Utopia /juːˈtəʊpiə $ -ˈtoʊ-/ noun [countable, uncountable] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINutopia
Origin:
1500-1600 Utopia imaginary perfect country in the book Utopia (1516) by Sir Thomas More, from Greek ou ‘not, no’ + topos ‘place’
Examples
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  • However, before the dawning of this utopia, certain changes must occur.
  • Our belief in a Communist utopia had nothing to do with reality.
  • The new novel usually starts from where one is, seldom from a vision of a lost world or future utopia.
  • The promise of utopia has attracted the attentions of both charlatans and serious scientists.
  • This utopia won't be sprouting up any time soon, so Doguzhieva believes survival requires a sense of humor.
  • To outsiders, it seemed to be a mountaintop utopia, high above the troubles of the Great Depression.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorperfect as an idea, but impossible in reality
· Plato dreamed of an ideal society.· A completely new kitchen would be ideal, but I don't think that we can afford it.
a utopian society is one in which you imagine there is a perfect social or political situation, although this is unlikely to ever really exist: · The debate was about the impossibility of a utopian society.a utopian dream (=when you think about and wish for utopian society): · Marxism was a Utopian dream.
also idealised British an idealized view or description of something considers or shows it as perfect when really it is not: · I think you have an idealized idea of what a doctor does.· The film showed an idealized view of rural life in the nineteenth century.· an idealized image of motherhood
an imaginary perfect world where everyone is happydystopiautopian adjective:  a utopian societyutopianism noun [uncountable]
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