| 单词 | delusive |
| 释义 | delusive (once / 4541 pages) adj If you are a C student, and your guidance counselor tells you to apply to MIT and Harvard, his advice may be delusive, or not based in fact, giving a false impression. Your delusive hopes might tempt you to look away from reality, but if you believe delusive statements, you are deluded. What you believe in might be called a delusion. All of these words come from the Latin deludere which means "to play false, deceive." Also related to this word: Ludicrous. When you fall for a delusive idea, you are sometimes seen as ludicrous. WORD FAMILYdelusive: delusively+/delude: deluded, deludes, deluding, delusion, delusive, delusory/delusion: delusional, delusions/delusional: delusionally USAGE EXAMPLESBegin, Descartes wrote, by doubting absolutely everything you know, think, and perceive; assume that it is all delusive, as in a dream. The New Yorker(Aug 29, 2016) Condemned to Hope’s delusive mine, As on we toil from day to day, By sudden blasts, or slow decline, Our social comforts drop away. Slate(Feb 18, 2015) President Obama has governed for six years inspired by a delusive hope for... New York Times(Dec 12, 2014) adj inappropriate to reality or facts delusive faith in a wonder drug delusive expectations Syn false unrealistic not realistic |
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