- [countable, uncountable]
a false idea or belief, especially about somebody or about a situation 错误的观念；幻想 - under the illusion that…
She's under the illusion that (= believes wrongly that) she'll get the job. 她存有幻想，认为会得到那份工作。 - illusion about something
The new president has no illusions about the difficulties facing her country (= she knows that the country has serious problems). 新任总统清楚地知道她的国家面临的困难。 I have no illusions about her feelings for me (= I know the truth is that she does not love me). 我并不幻想她会喜欢我。 He could no longer distinguish between illusion and reality. 他再也分不清幻想与现实之间的区别了。 I don’t want to have my illusions shattered! 我不想让我的幻想破灭！
Extra ExamplesI don't want to give him any false illusions. 我不想给他任何错觉。 I never had any grand illusions of winning. 我从未奢望过能赢。 I think I have lost all the illusions I had left. 我觉得我原先留存的所有幻想都已经破灭了。 Now is the time to shed our illusions. 现在是抛弃我们幻想的时候了。 To believe you have nothing more to learn is a dangerous illusion. 以为自己再没什么可学的想法是一种危险的错觉。 Meeting my hero in real life really shattered all my illusions about him. 在现实生活中遇到我的英雄真的粉碎了我对他的所有幻想。 To believe that you're safe is a dangerous illusion. 相信自己安全是一种危险的幻觉。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- dangerous
- optical
- visual
- …
- be under
- entertain
- have
- …
- illusion about
- illusion as to
- be all an illusion
- under the illusion that…
- [countable]
something that seems to exist but in fact does not, or seems to be something that it is not 幻想的事物；错觉 Mirrors in a room often give an illusion of space. 房间里的镜子常给人一种空间增大的错觉。 The idea of absolute personal freedom is an illusion. 绝对个人自由的观念是一种幻想。
Extra ExamplesIt turned out that their happy marriage was all an illusion. 结果发现他们的幸福婚姻完全是个错觉。 The figure was only a trick of light, a mere illusion. 那个影像只不过是灯光造成的幻影，纯粹是错觉。 The road ahead looks wet, but in fact this is an optical illusion. 前方路面看上去是湿的，但实际上是一种视觉幻象。 The slogan provides the comforting illusion that something is being done. 这标语给人错觉，让人以为正在采取某种措施而感到欣慰。 They are trying to maintain the illusion that the company is in good shape. 他们在努力维持公司运转良好的假象。 They wanted to create the illusion of being a close, happy family. 他们想制造一种假象，仿佛他们是亲密、幸福的一家人。 The huge size of the vehicle gives the illusion of safety. 庞大的车身给人以安全的错觉。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- dangerous
- optical
- visual
- …
- be under
- entertain
- have
- …
- illusion about
- illusion as to
- be all an illusion
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘deceiving, deception’): via Old French from Latin illusio(n-), from illudere ‘to mock’, from in- ‘against’ + ludere ‘play’.