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idealistic

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++i·deal·is·tic /aɪˌdɪəˈlɪstɪk◂/ ●○○ adjective  BELIEVEbelieving that you should live according to high standards and principles, even if they cannot really be achieved, or showing this belief 理想主义()的;空想的 realistic idealistic young doctors 充满理想主义的年轻医生 the idealistic values of the 1960s 20世纪60年代的理想主义价值观idealistically /-kli/ adverb
Examples from the Corpus
idealisticJohn Ridd's sense of honour is practical as well as idealistic and his motives are relevant outside their historical context.An even higher dropout rate, 28. 1 percent, correlated with those who were especially idealistic and people-oriented.One can be more idealistic by valuing the restlessness that can be found in certain dedicated scholars.Open admissions proved to be a chastening experience for some of the most idealistic people at City College.There is no sense of possible anticlimax when reality cuts across Kemp's idealistic view of the girl.
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idealistic
idealistic /aɪˌdɪəˈlɪstɪk◂/ adjective
believing that you should live according to high standards and principles, even if they cannot really be achieved, or showing this belief ⇨ realistic:
    idealistic young doctors
    the idealistic values of the 1960s
—idealistically /-kli/ adverb


ideal·is·ticBrE /ˌaɪdiəˈlɪstɪk/ 🔊NAmE /ˌaɪdiəˈlɪstɪk/ 🔊 adjectivehaving a strong belief in perfect standards and trying to achieve them, even when this is not realistic 理想主义的;空想的She's still young and idealistic. 她还年轻并且耽于空想。🔊🔊 ideal·is·tic·al·ly BrE /ˌaɪdiəˈlɪstɪkli/ 🔊NAmE /ˌaɪdiəˈlɪstɪkli/ 🔊 adverb