illusion
n
1
(a) [C] false idea, belief or impression; delusion 错误的观念; 幻觉; 错觉
I have no illusions about my ability, ie I know that I am not very able. 我对自己的能力如何颇有自知之明(我知道自己的能力不很强).
We're left with few illusions about ourally. 我们的处境已不容我们对盟友再存多少幻想了.
(b)[U] state of mind in which one is deceived in this way 幻觉; 错觉
You think that, do you? Pure illusion! 你是那麽想的吗? 纯粹是错觉!
2 [C] thing that a person wrongly believes to exist; false perception 幻想中的事物; 错觉
an optical illusion 光幻视
In the hot sun the surface of the road seems wet, but that is only an illusion. 路面在烈日之下像是湿的, 然而这仅仅是错觉.
3 (idm 习语) be under an/the illusion (that...) believe wrongly 误信
I was under the illusion that he was honest until he was caught stealing some money. 他偷钱当?quot;蝗俗プ? 在此之前我一直误以为他是个老实人.
However,in later years there were fierce arguments over land rights and many battles were fought between the settlers and the Maori.
然而后来数年中在移居者与毛利人之间因土地所有权问题产生了激烈的争论,还因此引发了多次战争。
Twelve days later, millions more Indians lined the railway tracks as a slow train took the jar containing his ashes 584 kilometres to a place by the river.