Utopian
[ju'topɪən]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) an idealistic (but usually impractical) social reformer; 'a Utopian believes in the ultimate perfectibility of man'.
(adj.) characterized by or aspiring to impracticable perfection; 'the dim utopian future'; 'utopian idealists'; 'recognized the utopian nature of his hopes' .
(adj.) of or pertaining to or resembling a utopia; 'a Utopian novel' .
布兰卡德錄入--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Of or pertaining to Utopia; resembling Utopia; hence, ideal; chimerical; fanciful; founded upon, or involving, imaginary perfections; as, Utopian projects; Utopian happiness.
(n.) An inhabitant of Utopia; hence, one who believes in the perfectibility of human society; a visionary; an idealist; an optimist.
费利西亚編輯
同義詞及近義詞:
a. Ideal, visionary, fanciful, imaginary, chimerical, unreal, not real, air-drawn, air-built, not actual.
查理校對
解釋/意思:
adj. imaginary: fanciful: chimerical.—n. one who advocates impracticable reforms or who expects an impossible state of perfection in society.—ns. Utō′pianiser; Utō′pianism; Utō′piast.—adj. Utop′ical (obs.).—ns. U′tōpism utopianism; U′tōpist a utopian.
手打:洛雷塔
例句/造句/用法:
- But this latter Utopian object (in short sleeves) always appeared to be the great inoffensive aim of her existence. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- We imitate, says the guide in the Utopian land, also flights of birds; we have some degree of flying in the air; we have ships and boats for going under water. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- I cannot bear the word; it sounds so silly and utopian. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- I approve nothing utopian. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- From this Utopian dream arose the Royal Society of London, which received a Royal Charter from Charles II of England in 1662. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Not for him were Utopian visions of world-wide human order, or attempts to realize the _City of God_. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- For there are utopian proposals made every day which cover about as much of a human being as a beautiful hat does. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- To subjugate devastating disease is no longer a dream; the hope of abolishing poverty is not utopian. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- Yet at the end he reminds us that he does not in all respects agree with the customs and opinions of the Utopians which he describes. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
校對:利昂