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单词 delude
释义
deludede‧lude /dɪˈluːd/ verb [transitive] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINdelude
Origin:
1400-1500 Latin deludere, from ludere ‘to play’
Verb Table
VERB TABLE
delude
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theydelude
he, she, itdeludes
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theydeluded
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave deluded
he, she, ithas deluded
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad deluded
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill delude
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have deluded
Continuous Form
PresentIam deluding
he, she, itis deluding
you, we, theyare deluding
PastI, he, she, itwas deluding
you, we, theywere deluding
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been deluding
he, she, ithas been deluding
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been deluding
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be deluding
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been deluding
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • And what if you lacked the capacity to delude yourself?
  • But if we give up the second belief, then we do not think we are deluded by biology.
  • Governments should not be deluded into thinking that they can arrogate to themselves powers that they do not and can not possess.
  • Have you forgotten how easy it is to delude yourself into believing you are in love?
  • How had she let herself be so deluded?
  • If he really thought this would be his father's reaction, he was cruelly deluding himself.
  • Or would you delude yourself about her performance?
  • Wins in New Hampshire can sometimes delude.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorto believe something that is wrong
if you are wrong , you think or say something that is not correct: · I thought a holiday in Greece would be cheap, but I was wrong.· Maybe I'm wrong, but I could have sworn the class was at 9.30 a.m.· Why won't he admit he was wrong?be wrong about: · You were wrong about that train - it left at 10.30.be wrong in thinking/believing etc something: · You'd be wrong in thinking we don't encourage disabled students to come to the college.
formal to have an incorrect opinion or belief about something - use this as a polite way of saying someone is wrong: · I thought it was an accident, but I was mistaken.be mistaken about: · Anna realised she had been mistaken about Dennis.you must be mistaken: · I think you must be mistaken. He could not have obtained a key to your room.
to be wrong because you have been given information that is incorrect or untrue: · I think you must have been misinformed -- we don't teach any courses in business studies here.be misinformed about: · The documents clearly show that the public was misled and misinformed about the crisis.
to have the wrong idea about a situation, so that you are unlikely to get the result you want or the right answer to a problem: · I feel that this advertising campaign is on completely the wrong tack.get somebody off on the wrong tack/track: · He admitted that he had gotten us off on the wrong tack, and that we'd need to start again.
to wrongly and stupidly let yourself believe something that you want to believe, but which is not true: · He's kidding himself if he thinks he's going to be a great film director.· Don't delude yourself. They have no intention of offering you a job.
to make someone believe something that is not true SYN  deceive:  I was angry with him for trying to delude me.delude somebody/yourself into doing something It is easy to delude yourself into believing you’re in love. Don’t be deluded into thinking your house is burglarproof.
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