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delude

/dih-lood/US // dɪˈlud //UK // (dɪˈluːd) //

悖谬,妄想,悖逆,悖论

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    de·lud·ed, de·lud·ing.

    • : to mislead the mind or judgment of; deceive: His conceit deluded him into believing he was important.
    • : Obsolete. to mock or frustrate the hopes or aims of.
    • : Obsolete. to elude; evade.

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Examples

  • But we shouldn't delude ourselves that this would have "kept the election from being stolen".

  • Without sufficient growth, we should not delude ourselves about how painful this is going to be.

  • To ignore those words—and those ideas—is to disrespect the organization, let alone delude oneself.

  • We should not delude ourselves that the middle is the golden path.

  • Don't delude yourself with the notion that she is sitting down in sackcloth and ashes with her past!

  • The reader would smile to read the infatuated simple reasons with which the bishop endeavoured to delude the ignorant.

  • At others, I yield to a fools paradise and delude myself with impossible solutions that deceive me but for an hour.

  • But, in any case, there is no use to delude ourselves as to what are the real qualifications of Mr. Filipino.

  • But Isaac was formed in too simple and honest a mould to delude the two women or himself with iridescent dreams of success.