quixotic

adj. 唐吉诃德式的；狂想家的；愚侠的

中文词源

quixotic 堂吉诃德式的，异想天开的

来自17 世纪西班牙小说家塞万提斯的骑士讽刺小说《Don Quixote de la Mancha》主角Don Quixote.后成为不切实际想法的代名词。

quixotic: quixotic: [18] Quixotic commemorates Don Quixote, the hero of Cervantes’s novel of the same name (published in two parts in 1605 and 1615). He was a slightly dotty Spanish gentleman whose head became turned by tales of chivalric derring-do, which he sought to emulate in real life. His most famous exploit was to charge with his lance at windmills, under the mistaken impression that they were giants.
quixotic (adj.): "extravagantly chivalrous," 1791, from Don Quixote, romantic, impractical hero of Cervantes' satirical novel "Don Quixote de la Mancha" (1605; English translation by 1620). His name literally means "thigh," also "a cuisse" (a piece of armor for the thigh), in Modern Spanish quijote, from Latin coxa "hip." Related: Quixotical; quixotically.

1. He has always lived his life by a hopelessly quixotic code of honour.: 他生活中一直遵循一种完全不切实际的堂吉诃德式的道德准则。

2. These may seem quixotic or paradoxical choices, but bear with me.: 这些似乎是不切实际或自相矛盾的选择, 但请先容我讲完.

3. Not long ago , selling American cars in Japan was downright quixotic.: 前不久, 要在日本出售美国汽车还是一件绝对办不到的事情.

4. At worst his scruples must have been quixotic, not malicious ( Louis Auchincloss ): 从最坏的角度来说,他的疑虑肯定是出于一时冲动, 而不含恶意 ( 路易斯奥金克洛斯 )

5. Give me a Don Quixotic Spear so that I fight with the wind wheel.: 请给我一柄堂吉诃德那样的长矛,我要与风车开战!