Delusion
[dɪ'l(j)uːʒ(ə)n] or [dɪ'luʒn]
解釋/意思:
(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.
卡梅拉校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(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.
布伦特校對
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Trick, imposition, imposture, cheat, fraud, artifice, wile, ruse, dodge, fetch, CLAP-TRAP, BAM.[2]. Illusion, deception, fallacy, error, hallucination, mockery, phantasm.
錄入:凯文
同義詞及反義詞：
[See DECEIT]
桃瑞丝整理
解釋/意思:
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
娱乐性解釋/意思：
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/造句/用法:
- No delusion--no madness: your mind, sir, is too strong for delusion, your health too sound for frenzy. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- 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. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- I have always pitied the delusion, always. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- 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. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- She lived to find ambition, as unreal a delusion as love. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- Well, she opened my eyes too; it's a delusion to say that she blinds people. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- They even help out the delusion by building bridges over it. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Those are better off who, being destitute of advantage, cannot cherish delusion. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- I suppose she is under a delusion, and will plunge into some absurdity, after all. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- It seems, if not presumptuous, silly, weak, a delusion, an absurd mistake. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Pleasant sheds tears deserving her own name, and her sweet delusion is at its height. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- The cripples of Europe are a delusion and a fraud. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Perhaps the insistence on the need of a culture in statecraft will seem to many people an old-fashioned delusion. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- It nearly broke my heart to dispel her delusion, and to bring her face to face with the hard truth. 威爾基·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. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- Monstrous delusions! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- 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. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
整理:莫尼卡