| 词汇 | quixotically |
| 释义 | quixotically adverb literaryuk /kwɪkˈsɒt.ɪ.kəl.i/ us /kwɪkˈsɑː.t̬ɪ.kəl.i/ in a way that is not practical or likely to succeed : 不切实际地;空想地;侠义地 He believes deeply, maybe quixotically, in his candidates. 他对他的候选人深信不疑，也许这是不切实际的。 She's quixotically determined to change him.她想当然地决心要改变他。 See quixotic He quixotically attacks the prejudice all around him. He quixotically expressed the hope that the development would be car-free. She campaigned quixotically for the presidency. Useless and futile adrift aimless aimlessly aimlessness airy-fairy fruitless fruitlessly fruitlessness futile futilely negate negation no goodidiom non-viable nugatory unrealistic unrealistically unseriousness until you are blue in the faceidiom unviability Examples of quixoticallyquixotically The formulae are too complicated and relate to abstract national data which sometimes can operate quixotically from one authority to another. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have not the power to ride quixotically all over the world trying to put down every quarrel which arises in every place at every moment of time. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 At the moment we are spending quixotically on the universities and on buildings which are used for part of the year and not used for the rest of the year. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In his hands, abandoned debris or kitsch is quixotically plasticized into a brand of postminimalist sculpture with a seductive touch of bling. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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