Delusion
[dɪ'l(j)uːʒ(ə)n] or [dɪ'luʒn]
解释:
(noun.) the act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas.
(noun.) a mistaken or unfounded opinion or idea; 'he has delusions of competence'; 'his dreams of vast wealth are a hallucination'.
(noun.) (psychology) an erroneous belief that is held in the face of evidence to the contrary.
卡梅拉校对--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) The act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind.
(n.) The state of being deluded or misled.
(n.) That which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief.
布伦特校对
同义词及近义词：
n. [1]. Trick, imposition, imposture, cheat, fraud, artifice, wile, ruse, dodge, fetch, CLAP-TRAP, BAM.[2]. Illusion, deception, fallacy, error, hallucination, mockery, phantasm.
录入:凯文
同义词及反义词：
[See DECEIT]
桃瑞丝整理
解释:
n. the act of deluding: the state of being deluded: a false belief: error.—adj. Delū′sional pertaining to delusions afflicted with such.—n. Delū′sionist.—adjs. Delū′sive Delū′sory apt or tending to delude: deceptive.—adv. Delū′sively.—n. Delū′siveness.
整理:洛蒂
娱乐性解释：
n. The father of a most respectable family comprising Enthusiasm Affection Self-denial Faith Hope Charity and many other goodly sons and daughters.
手打:卡尔
例句:
- No delusion--no madness: your mind, sir, is too strong for delusion, your health too sound for frenzy. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- I steeled myself against the delusion; the room itself was vacant: it was only prudent, I repeated to myself, to examine the rest of the house. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- I have always pitied the delusion, always. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
- Only the delusion that his truth is the whole truth, his party the human race, and his program a panacea, will produce that singleness of vision. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- She lived to find ambition, as unreal a delusion as love. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- Well, she opened my eyes too; it's a delusion to say that she blinds people. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
- They even help out the delusion by building bridges over it. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- Those are better off who, being destitute of advantage, cannot cherish delusion. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- I suppose she is under a delusion, and will plunge into some absurdity, after all. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- It seems, if not presumptuous, silly, weak, a delusion, an absurd mistake. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- Pleasant sheds tears deserving her own name, and her sweet delusion is at its height. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- The cripples of Europe are a delusion and a fraud. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- Perhaps the insistence on the need of a culture in statecraft will seem to many people an old-fashioned delusion. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- It nearly broke my heart to dispel her delusion, and to bring her face to face with the hard truth. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Charles Darnay, alone in a cell, had sustained himself with no flattering delusion since he came to it from the Tribunal. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
- Monstrous delusions! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- One of the greatest delusions of the public in regard to any notable invention is the belief that the world is waiting for it with open arms and an eager welcome. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
整理:莫尼卡