英语词汇“quixotical”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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Quixotic Has Roots in Literature

If you guessed that quixotic has something to do with Don Quixote, you're absolutely right. The hero of Miguel de Cervantes' 17th-century Spanish novel El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha (in English "The Ingenious Hidalgo Don Quixote of La Mancha") didn't change the world by tilting at windmills, but he did leave a linguistic legacy in English. The adjective quixotic is based on his name and has been used to describe unrealistic idealists since at least the early 18th century. The novel has given English other words as well. Dulcinea, the name of Quixote's beloved, has come to mean "mistress" or "sweetheart," and rosinante, which is sometimes used to refer to an old, broken-down horse, comes from the name of the hero's less-than-gallant steed, Rocinante.

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In … an earnest book-length essay of neo-Victorian public-mindedness that deplores the "nasty, knowing abuse" that the author would have us fear contaminates too much American humor lately, David Denby, a movie critic for The New Yorker, sets for himself what has to be one of the most quixotic projects that a moral reformer can undertake.

Walter Kirn, New York Times Book Review, 22 Feb. 2009 The history of biblical oil prospecting is filled with quixotic quests and colorful characters, starting with Welsie Hancock, a wealthy California man who in the 1960s dreamed that Jesus told him he would find black gold in the Holy Land. He sunk his entire fortune into two dry holes.

Mariah Blake, Mother Jones, January and February 2008 Mumey had announced his candidacy as an independent in the partisan election, which meant that he needed 2,300 signatures of registered voters in order to get on the ballot in the fall. It seemed a quixotic adventure, given the small size of Celebration and Mumey's lack of name recognition outside the town.

Douglas Frantz et al., Celebration, USA, 1999 They had quixotic dreams about the future. in this age of giant chain stores, any attempt at operating an independent bookstore must be regarded as quixotic

Recent Examples on the Web And yet, that’s also her quixotic objective throughout.

Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 14 Aug. 2022 The battle is now quixotic or, put another way, performative.

Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ, 12 Aug. 2022 So far, that scrutiny has raised a lot of questions about Musk's conduct, even beyond his daily outbursts on Twitter and occasional quixotic corporate raiding.

Allison Morrow, CNN, 25 July 2022 But in a podcast interview in May with Joe Oltmann, a right-wing activist in Colorado, Griffin placed his outwardly quixotic actions in the context of a sort of domino theory of how the 2020 election might still be overturned.

New York Times, 19 July 2022 Instead of their usual quixotic quest, Utah Democrats declined to send a nominee to the ballot this year, clearing the way for a one-on-one contest between the Republican nominee and independent candidate Evan McMullin.

Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 June 2022 Weather conditions were at least quixotic; at best mercurial.

Tom Mullen, Forbes, 22 May 2022 This Utopian collective of 17 extraordinary artists happily reinventing opera was the communal music director last weekend for the 75th anniversary of this ever-quixotic festival.

Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2022 Like Timothy Treadwell in Grizzly Man and other quixotic figures in the Herzog canon, Onoda is driven to extremes by an intoxicating blend of passion and delusion.

Ryu Spaeth, The New Republic, 2 June 2022 See More

单词	quixotical
释义	quixotic adjective quix·ot·ic kwik-ˈsä-tik 1 : foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals especially : marked by rash lofty romantic ideas or extravagantly chivalrous action 2 : capricious, unpredictable quixotical kwik-ˈsä-ti-kəl adjective quixotically kwik-ˈsä-ti-k(ə-)lē adverb Did you know? Quixotic Has Roots in Literature If you guessed that quixotic has something to do with Don Quixote, you're absolutely right. The hero of Miguel de Cervantes' 17th-century Spanish novel El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha (in English "The Ingenious Hidalgo Don Quixote of La Mancha") didn't change the world by tilting at windmills, but he did leave a linguistic legacy in English. The adjective quixotic is based on his name and has been used to describe unrealistic idealists since at least the early 18th century. The novel has given English other words as well. Dulcinea, the name of Quixote's beloved, has come to mean "mistress" or "sweetheart," and rosinante, which is sometimes used to refer to an old, broken-down horse, comes from the name of the hero's less-than-gallant steed, Rocinante. Synonyms idealist idealistic quixotical romantic starry starry-eyed utopian visionary See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences In … an earnest book-length essay of neo-Victorian public-mindedness that deplores the "nasty, knowing abuse" that the author would have us fear contaminates too much American humor lately, David Denby, a movie critic for The New Yorker, sets for himself what has to be one of the most quixotic projects that a moral reformer can undertake. Walter Kirn, New York Times Book Review, 22 Feb. 2009 The history of biblical oil prospecting is filled with quixotic quests and colorful characters, starting with Welsie Hancock, a wealthy California man who in the 1960s dreamed that Jesus told him he would find black gold in the Holy Land. He sunk his entire fortune into two dry holes. Mariah Blake, Mother Jones, January and February 2008 Mumey had announced his candidacy as an independent in the partisan election, which meant that he needed 2,300 signatures of registered voters in order to get on the ballot in the fall. It seemed a quixotic adventure, given the small size of Celebration and Mumey's lack of name recognition outside the town. Douglas Frantz et al., Celebration, USA, 1999 They had quixotic dreams about the future. in this age of giant chain stores, any attempt at operating an independent bookstore must be regarded as quixotic Recent Examples on the Web And yet, that’s also her quixotic objective throughout. Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 14 Aug. 2022 The battle is now quixotic or, put another way, performative. Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ, 12 Aug. 2022 So far, that scrutiny has raised a lot of questions about Musk's conduct, even beyond his daily outbursts on Twitter and occasional quixotic corporate raiding. Allison Morrow, CNN, 25 July 2022 But in a podcast interview in May with Joe Oltmann, a right-wing activist in Colorado, Griffin placed his outwardly quixotic actions in the context of a sort of domino theory of how the 2020 election might still be overturned. New York Times, 19 July 2022 Instead of their usual quixotic quest, Utah Democrats declined to send a nominee to the ballot this year, clearing the way for a one-on-one contest between the Republican nominee and independent candidate Evan McMullin. Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 June 2022 Weather conditions were at least quixotic; at best mercurial. Tom Mullen, Forbes, 22 May 2022 This Utopian collective of 17 extraordinary artists happily reinventing opera was the communal music director last weekend for the 75th anniversary of this ever-quixotic festival. Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2022 Like Timothy Treadwell in Grizzly Man and other quixotic figures in the Herzog canon, Onoda is driven to extremes by an intoxicating blend of passion and delusion. Ryu Spaeth, The New Republic, 2 June 2022 See More Word History Etymology Don Quixote First Known Use 1718, in the meaning defined at sense 1 quixotical adjective as in romantic having or marked by a tendency to be guided more by ideals than by reality a quixotical attempt to bring live theater to a generation hooked on video games Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance romantic impractical quixotic idealistic ideological utopian optimistic idealist visionary hopeful zealous ideologic starry unrealistic starry-eyed sentimental messianic crusading moony rosy upbeat tender-minded moonstruck Pollyannish dewy-eyed doctrinaire Pollyannaish Antonyms & Near Antonyms pragmatical practical pragmatic realistic unsentimental hardheaded clear-eyed clear-sighted tough-minded hard-nosed See More
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