be fantastical
表示某事物不切实际或纯属幻想。
His explanation is entirely fantastical.
他的解释完全是空想的。
古怪的；奇异的；异想天开的；空想的；捕风捉影的
existing only in the imagination; fanciful
幻想的
Of or pertaining to fantasy.
异想天开的
Fanciful or whimsical.
She told a fantastical story about dragons and flying castles.
她讲了一个关于龙和飞城的空想故事。
用法提示：fantastical 作定语形容词，表示‘幻想的、不真实的’。
His plan to build a city on the ocean seemed fantastical to everyone.
他要在海上建一座城市的计划在大家看来简直是异想天开。
用法提示：fantastical 作表语形容词，表示‘离奇古怪的、异想天开的’。
The painting was full of fantastical creatures that no one had ever seen.
这幅画里满是没人见过的奇异生物。
用法提示：fantastical 作定语，修饰 creatures，表示‘奇异的、幻想的’。
表示某事物不切实际或纯属幻想。
His explanation is entirely fantastical.
他的解释完全是空想的。
用于修饰名词，表示该名词所描述的内容是虚构或奇异的。
She told a fantastical story about dragons.
她讲了一个关于龙的空想故事。
表达主观认为某事物不真实。
I find the whole scenario fantastical.
我觉得整个场景是捕风捉影的。
表示某事物看起来不切实际。
The proposal seemed fantastical to the committee.
该提案在委员会看来是捕风捉影的。
grammar · medium
易错句子The plot of the novel is too fantastic to believe.
正确表达The plot of the novel is too fantastical to believe.
Fantastic 通常表示‘极好的’，而 fantastical 才表示‘空想的；捕风捉影的’。此处描述情节离奇不可信，应用 fantastical。
grammar · medium
易错句子Don't listen to his fantastical.
正确表达Don't listen to his fantastical ideas.
Fantastical 是形容词，不能直接用作名词。应后接一个名词（如 ideas、stories 等）来构成名词短语。
fantastic 多指‘极好的’，而 fantastical 指‘荒诞离奇的’
fanciful 侧重于‘异想天开的、不切实际的’，而 fantastical 强调‘离奇古怪的、虚构的’
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