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a false belief or opinion about yourself or your situation 错觉；谬见；妄想 the delusions of the mentally ill 精神病患者的妄想 Don't go getting delusions of grandeur (= a belief that you are more important than you actually are). 不要变得妄自尊大。 He was suffering from paranoid delusions and hallucinations. 他患有妄想症和幻觉。 Love can be nothing but a delusion. 爱情只能是一种错觉。
Extra ExamplesTopics Opinion and argumentc2He dismissed the so-called miracle as a collective delusion. 他认为这个所谓的奇迹只是一种集体错觉，不值一提。 He had no delusions about his feelings for Kate. 他对自己对凯特的情感不抱幻想。 He seemed to be under the delusion that he would make his fortune within a few years. 他似乎幻想着几年内会发财。 He's under some delusion that I'm going to cheat him. 他有些错觉，以为我会欺骗他。 I thought the whole idea was just a foolish and dangerous delusion. 我觉得整个想法只是个愚蠢而危险的错觉。 She had delusions of persecution. 她有受迫害的错觉。 Many people with this condition suffer from delusions. 许多患有这种疾病的人会产生妄想。 She believes her critics are not really important. This is a dangerous and foolish delusion. 她认为批评她的人并不重要。这是一种危险而愚蠢的错觉。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- dangerous
- paranoid
- collective
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- get
- harbour/harbor
- have
- …
- under a/the delusion
- delusion about
- delusion of
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- delusions of grandeur
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the act of believing or making yourself believe something that is not true 自欺 He seems to have retreated into a world of fear and delusion. 他似乎已经退到了一个恐惧和妄想的世界里。 My mother had a tremendous capacity for delusion. 我母亲特别善于自欺欺人。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- dangerous
- paranoid
- collective
- …
- get
- harbour/harbor
- have
- …
- under a/the delusion
- delusion about
- delusion of
- …
- delusions of grandeur
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘act of deluding or of being deluded’): from late Latin delusio(n-), from the verb deludere ‘to mock’, from de- (with pejorative force) + ludere ‘to play’.