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单词 illusion
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Damin turned away, to give them at least the illusion of privacy.These last remnants of nature formed divisions between the housing developments, giving their owners an illusion of being country dwellers.Sometimes an illusion becomes an essential part of life; I've told you about Lily loving Patrick.

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illusion

British English: illusion /ɪˈluːʒən/ NOUN
An illusion is something that appears to exist or to be a particular thing but in reality does not exist or is something else.
The bright paint gave the illusion of sunlight.
  • American English: illusion
  • Arabic: وَهْمٌ
  • Brazilian Portuguese: ilusão
  • Chinese: 幻想
  • Croatian: iluzija
  • Czech: iluze
  • Danish: illusion
  • Dutch: illusie
  • European Spanish: ilusión
  • Finnish: illuusio
  • French: illusion
  • German: Illusion
  • Greek: παραίσθηση
  • Italian: illusione
  • Japanese: 錯覚
  • Korean: 환각
  • Norwegian: illusjon
  • Polish: iluzja
  • European Portuguese: ilusão
  • Romanian: iluzie
  • Russian: иллюзия
  • Latin American Spanish: ilusión
  • Swedish: illusion
  • Thai: ภาพลวงตา
  • Turkish: yanılsama
  • Ukrainian: ілюзія
  • Vietnamese: ảo tưởng

Chinese translation of 'illusion'

illusion

(ɪˈluːʒən)

n (c)

  1. (= false idea) 幻想 (huànxiǎng) (个(個), )
  2. (= false appearance) 错(錯)觉(覺) (cuòjué) (个(個), )
    to have no illusions about sth 对(對)某事不抱有幻想 (duì mǒushì bù bàoyǒu huànxiǎng)
    to be under the illusion that ... 对(對) ... 存有幻想 (duì ... cúnyǒu huànxiǎng)
(noun) 
Definition
a false or misleading idea or belief
No one really has any illusions about winning the war.
Synonyms
delusion
I was under the delusion that he intended to marry me.
misconception
There are many fears and misconceptions about cancer.
misapprehension
We were under no misapprehension about the scale of the problem.
fancy
His book is a bold surrealist mixture of fact and fancy.
deception
fallacy
This is the biggest fallacy of all.
self-deception
false impression
false belief
misbelief
(noun) 
Definition
a false appearance or deceptive impression of reality
Floor-to-ceiling windows give the illusion of extra space.
Synonyms
false impression
feeling
appearance
They gave the appearance of being on both sides.
impression
My impression is that they are totally out of control.
fancy
deception
imitation
sham
Their promises were exposed as a hollow sham.
pretence
She was completely without guile or pretence.
semblance
fallacy
Opposites
fact
,
truth
,
reality
,
actuality
(noun) 
The rapid changes of lighting created an illusion of movement.
Synonyms
fantasy
vision
She heard voices and saw visions of her ancestors.
hallucination
Perhaps the footprint was a hallucination.
trick
It appears to be on fire, but it's just a trick of the light.
spectre
His spectre is said to walk the castle battlements.
mirage
Through my half-closed eyelids I began to see mirages.
semblance
daydream
She perpetually drifted off into daydreams and made up fantasy stories in her head.
apparition
She recognized one of the women as the apparition she had seen.
chimera
He spent his life pursuing the chimera of perfect love.
figment of the imagination
phantasm
ignis fatuus
will-o'-the-wisp

Additional synonyms

in the sense of apparition
Definition
a ghost or ghostlike figure
She recognized one of the women as the apparition she had seen.
Synonyms
ghost,
spirit,
shade (literary),
phantom,
spectre,
spook (informal),
wraith,
chimera,
revenant,
visitant,
eidolon,
atua (New Zealand),
kehua (New Zealand)
in the sense of appearance
They gave the appearance of being on both sides.
Synonyms
impression,
air,
front,
image,
illusion,
guise,
façade,
pretence,
veneer,
semblance,
outward show
in the sense of chimera
Definition
a wild and unrealistic dream or idea
He spent his life pursuing the chimera of perfect love.
Synonyms
illusion,
dream,
fantasy,
delusion,
spectre,
snare,
hallucination,
figment,
ignis fatuus,
will-o'-the-wisp

Synonyms of 'illusion'

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