| 词组 | delusion |
| 释义 | delusion You can use either of these words to say that someone has a wrong belief. You have the illusion that you're doing something. One patient had the delusion that he was Trotsky. You say that someone is under an illusion or delusion. We were under the happy illusion that we should be able to find a charming country cottage for about £1 a week. I still laboured under the nice middle-class delusion that everyone was a good guy at heart. You can also say that someone suffers from an illusion or delusion. A man who has had a leg amputated often suffers from the delusion that the leg is still there. If you have an illusion of something, you believe that it exists when in fact it does not. We have an illusion of freedom. In return they are allowed the illusion of a guiltless life. ◊ another meaning of 'illusion' An illusion is also something that looks or sounds like one thing, but is either something else or is not there at all. The thing, being related to his eye-movements, must be some optical illusion. I fancy I can hear her voice, but that must be an illusion. You do not use delusion with this meaning. |
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