考研英语词汇复习（124）

          

                    illusion、delusion

 

                      佳中

 

illusion 

delusion

    

      这两个词可表示“错觉”、“幻觉”的意思。illusion 是普通用词，凡指人们通常产生的各种错觉或幻觉。delusion 指因神经错乱或知识贫乏而引起的虚幻感觉。

 

1) Mirrors in a room often give an illsion of big space.

    (房间里的镜子往往给人空间增大的错觉。)

2) Extreme heat can create an illusion of water on a highway in the summer.

    （盛夏酷暑会造成公路上有水的幻觉。）

3) He always had an illusion that his position was not secure in the company.

         （他总有一种幻觉,他在公司的职位很不安全。）。

 

4) The sick man is under delusion that someone is going to kill him.

      （那个生病的人有个错觉,以为有人要杀了他。）

     5) Quite often a delusion may be seen to be groundless and still be chaerished.

            (经常有这种情况，人们明知某种幻觉是毫无根据的，但仍会执迷不悟。)