fanciful
의미: Existing only in the imagination or having no basis in reality; overimaginative or impractical.
Fanciful describes ideas, stories, or designs that are imaginative and inventive but detached from practical reality. It can be used admiringly to praise creative imagination or dismissively to suggest that something is unrealistic or far-fetched. The term often appears in literary criticism, art commentary, and political debate. It collocates with 'fanciful notion', 'fanciful theory', 'fanciful design', and 'fanciful idea'.
예문
- The minister dismissed the proposal as fanciful, arguing that the projected savings bore no relation to economic reality. 大臣驳斥了该提案,认为其不切实际,指出预期的节省与经济现实毫无关系。El ministro rechazó la propuesta por considerarla fantasiosa, argumentando que los ahorros proyectados no guardaban relación alguna con la realidad económica.大臣はその提案を空想的であるとして退け、見込みの節約額は経済の現実とかけ離れていると主張した。장관은 그 제안을 공상적이라며 일축하고, 예상되는 절감액이 경제 현실과 무관하다고 주장했다.
- The cathedral's fanciful carvings of mythical beasts and intertwined foliage have attracted architectural historians from across the world. 大教堂上雕刻的神话野兽和交织的枝叶充满奇幻色彩,吸引了世界各地的建筑史学家。Las fantasiosas tallas de bestias míticas y follaje entrelazado de la catedral han atraído a historiadores de la arquitectura de todo el mundo.大聖堂の神話の獣や絡み合う植物の空想的な彫刻は、世界中の建築史家を惹きつけてきた。대성당의 신화 속 짐승과 얽힌 초목을 묘사한 공상적인 조각은 전 세계의 건축사학자들을 끌어들여 왔다.
- It would be fanciful to suggest that a single policy intervention could reverse decades of industrial decline in the north of England. 认为单一的政策干预就能扭转英格兰北部数十年来的工业衰退是不切实际的。Sería fantasioso sugerir que una única intervención política podría revertir décadas de declive industrial en el norte de Inglaterra.一つの政策介入でイングランド北部の数十年にわたる産業衰退を覆せると考えるのは空想的であろう。하나의 정책 개입만으로 잉글랜드 북부의 수십 년에 걸친 산업 쇠퇴를 되돌릴 수 있다고 생각하는 것은 공상적일 것이다.
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사용 가이드
맥락: literary, media, academic
어조: neutral
기원과 역사
From 'fancy' (a contraction of 'fantasy') with the suffix -ful. 'Fancy' derives via Old French fantaisie from Greek phantasia meaning 'imagination, appearance.' The adjective appeared in English in the mid-17th century.
문화적 배경
Era: Modern
Generation: All ages
Social background: Universal
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