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.
Ours is a fairly new country, so our cities and towns are modern.
我们的国家是个很新的国家,所以我们的城镇很现代化。
It took him some time to connect the long rubber pipe to the air supply pipe that ran round the port, but at last it was done and as a result work was able to progress much faster.