utopia

• n. 乌托邦（理想中最美好的社会）；理想国

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中文词源

来自希腊语ou, 无，topos,地方，词源同topic,topography.由英国15世纪社会主义学家Thomas More所创。

英文词源

utopia

utopia: [16] Utopia means etymologically ‘noplace’. It was coined by the English statesman and scholar Sir Thomas More from Greek ou ‘not’ and tópos ‘place’ (source of English topic). He used it as the name of an imaginary island whose inhabitants had organized their society along the lines of what he regarded as a theoretically ideal commonwealth, which he described in his book Utopia 1516. The word was first used as a more general term for an ‘ideal place’ in the early 17th century.
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utopia (n.)

1551, from Modern Latin Utopia, literally "nowhere," coined by Thomas More (and used as title of his book, 1516, about an imaginary island enjoying the utmost perfection in legal, social, and political systems), from Greek ou "not" + topos "place" (see topos). Extended to any perfect place by 1610s. Commonly, but incorrectly, taken as from Greek eu- "good" (see eu-) an error reinforced by the introduction of dystopia.

双语例句

1. Sir Thomas More is remembered today as the author of Utopia.

当今,托马斯·莫尔先生还被铭记为《乌托邦》的作者.

来自《简明英汉词典》

2. She was entering the masses with the phantom of a future Utopia.

她正用未来的乌托邦幻想来吸引群众.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. His Utopia is not a chimerical commonwealth but a practical improvement on what already exists.

他的乌托邦不是空想的联邦,而是对那些已经存在的联邦事实上的改进.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. We weren't out to design a contemporary utopia.

我们并不是要设计一个现代乌托邦。

来自辞典例句

5. Shangri - La was the name of James Hilton's Tibetan Utopia.

《 香格里拉 》是詹姆斯·希尔顿写的西藏乌托邦一书的书名.

来自辞典例句