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windmills /ˈwɪndmɪlz/●tilt at ˈwindmillswaste your energy attacking imaginary enemies 跟假想敌搏斗；徒费精力◆For some reason he thinks everyone is out to get him, but he’s really just tilting at windmills.不知为什么他觉得每个人都想害他，但其实他不过是庸人自扰。 ORIGIN This expression comes from Cervantes’ novel Don Quixote, in which the hero thought that the windmills he saw were giants and tried to fight them. 这个表达法源于塞万提斯的小说《唐吉诃德》，小说中的主人公以为他看见的风车是巨人，试图与其格斗。 |