Utopian



GRE 蓝宝 TOEFL

解释

GRE 红宝书

• adj.乌托邦式的, 梦想的
• ［英］ adj.乌托邦式的, 梦想的 ( impossibly ideal; visionary)
• ［记］ 来自空想社会Utopia ( 乌托邦)
• ［例］ the utopian nature of one's hopes ( 希望的不切实际性)

Webster Collegiate

I. adjective

• Usage: often capitalized
• Date: 1551
• 1. of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a utopia; especially having impossibly ideal conditions especially of social organization
• 2. proposing or advocating impractically ideal social and political schemes <utopian idealists>
• 3. impossibly ideal ; visionary <recognised the utopian nature of his hopes — C. S. Kilby>
• 4. believing in, advocating, or having the characteristics of utopian socialism <utopian doctrines><utopian novels>

II. noun

• Date: circa 1873
• 1. one who believes in the perfectibility of human society
• 2. one who proposes or advocates utopian schemes

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