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单词 quixotic
释义
quixoticquix‧ot‧ic /kwɪkˈsɒtɪk $ -ˈsɑː-/ adjective Word Origin
WORD ORIGINquixotic
Origin:
1700-1800 Don Quixote, main character of the book Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605) by Spanish writer Cervantes
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • He began a quixotic search for the mother who abandoned him.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • But the most startling fact revealed in the survey even had an element of quixotic honour attached to it.
  • Maureen and Christine understood that theirs was a quixotic task.
  • My superior self was on a quixotic errand!
  • Particularly quixotic is their concept of the sources of illegitimacy.
  • So here, thought Dalgliesh, lay the secret of Berowne's quixotic decision to give up his job.
  • This ended in a quixotic campaign for statehood.
  • Wild eclecticism has been the hallmark of Boyd's 30-year career as record producer, failed film mogul and quixotic entrepreneur.
quixotic ideas or plans are not practical and are based on unreasonable hopes of improving the world:  This is a vast, exciting, and perhaps quixotic project.
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