| 单词 | utopia |
| 释义 | utopia (once / 19569 pages) n Utopia is a perfect paradise that doesn’t exist, but which we all dream of anyway. In the dead of winter, we might imagine a utopia full of palm trees, warm breezes, and sun-soaked beaches. Utopia didn't evolve from Latin or another old foreign language. Author Thomas More actually created the noun in one of his books to describe an imaginary island where all systems—political, social, and legal—are perfect and operate harmoniously. The definition of utopia was later broadened to imply any perfect place. The opposite of utopia is dystopia, coined in 1868 by J.S. Mill to describe an “imaginary bad place.” WORD FAMILYutopia: utopian, utopias USAGE EXAMPLESHalf a lifetime later I’ve still glimpsed that utopia only a handful of times, usually for the length of a song. Slate(Dec 21, 2016) “And yet, we still yearn for some greater truth, for the utopias of our distant horizons, expressed through art.” Time(Dec 19, 2016) In this utopia, any irrational obstacles to the spread of liberal modernity – such as Islamic fundamentalism – would be eventually eradicated. The Guardian(Dec 08, 2016) 1n ideally perfect state; especially in its social and political and moral aspects Ant|Hyper dystopia state in which the conditions of life are extremely bad as from deprivation or oppression or terror state the way something is with respect to its main attributes 2n a work of fiction describing a utopia Hyper fiction a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact Utopia (once / 3513 pages) n WORD FAMILY Utopia: Utopian, Utopias+/Utopian: Utopianism, Utopians/Utopianism: Utopianisms USAGE EXAMPLESAustra’s Utopia and Voodoo in My Blood by Massive Attack featuring Young Fathers were two videos that presented technology as an ominous enemy. The Guardian(Dec 20, 2016) In the film, Utopia’s fictional chancellor eventually decides to invite the Jewish population back into the city. The Guardian(Dec 09, 2016) Mr. Andrews titled the last of his six thematic groups “Utopia.” New York Times(Nov 24, 2016) 1n an imaginary place considered to be perfect or ideal Syn|Hyper Sion, Zion fictitious place, imaginary place, mythical place a place that exists only in imagination; a place said to exist in fictional or religious writings 2n a book written by Sir Thomas More (1516) describing the perfect society on an imaginary island Exp book a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together) |
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