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单词 delude
释义
delude
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To delude is to trick or fool, often in relation to yourself. If you delude yourself into thinking your mom's chocolate cake is low in fat, you'll be disappointed to find out it's made with two sticks of butter!
If you delude someone into thinking something, you are making a fool of them, or making them foolish. The word shares a root with ludicrous which means completely ridiculous. The thing that you foolishly believe is a delusion. Someone with delusions of grandeur has deluded themselves into thinking they are very, very special.
WORD FAMILY
delude: deluded, deludes, deluding, delusion, delusive, delusory+/delusion: delusional, delusions/delusional: delusionally/delusive: delusively
USAGE EXAMPLES
They are seen by some as deluded excuses rather than helpful explanations.
The Guardian(Dec 30, 2016)
“We are waiting for confirmation, but I am not deluding myself.”
New York Times(Dec 21, 2016)
The children remain little beasts; his father remains a baron of bluster and a deluded idealist, still smitten with the promise of pan-Arabism.
New York Times(Dec 14, 2016)
v be false to; be dishonest with
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
cozen, deceive, lead on
betray, sell
deliver to an enemy by treachery
cheat, chisel
engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud
shill
act as a shill
flim-flam, fob, fox, play a joke on, play a trick on, play tricks, pull a fast one on, trick
deceive somebody
befool, fool, gull
make a fool or dupe of
betray, cheat, cheat on, cuckold, wander
be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage
hoax, play a joke on, pull someone's leg
subject to a playful hoax or joke
ensnare, entrap, frame, set up
take or catch as if in a snare or trap
humbug
trick or deceive
double cross
betray by double-dealing
job
profit privately from public office and official business
shark
play the shark; act with trickery
rig, set up
arrange the outcome of by means of deceit
cozen
act with artful deceit
crib
use a crib, as in an exam
two-time
carry on a romantic relationship with two people at the same time
cook, fake, falsify, fudge, manipulate, misrepresent, wangle
tamper, with the purpose of deception
snooker
fool or dupe
fool around, play around
commit adultery
victimise, victimize
make a victim of
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