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deluded

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

痴心妄想,痴心妄想的,妄想,痴迷的

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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

  • So if you decide to play, don’t delude yourself about the risks you are taking.

  • She deludes herself into thinking she has twin boys with Vision.

  • While obviously not as cartoonish as the deluded leaders in The Office, du Pont seemed to stretch credulity at times.

  • All but in the fevered dreams of power mad politicians and their deluded followers is a world without immigration possible.

  • But for Dawkins the “rape is rape is rape” believers are the deluded absolutists.

  • When news leaked that Beyoncé lip-synced “The Star Spangled Banner,” her “Beyhive” came alive in (deluded) defense of the star.

  • The aggrieved and deluded suggest secession—a question that was definitively settled four score and seven years ago.

  • The simple honest-hearted General, who knew not the guile of their hearts, was deluded into wishing them success.

  • Let not yourselves be deluded by those who seek the ruin of your province, and of the whole nation.

  • But I never deluded myself for a moment that I was anything approaching those old-time belles.

  • I glanced through the letter again, and I felt a warm gush of pity for our poor deluded Liosha.

  • Yet Mr. O'Connell and his party did not fail to stir up the evil passions of the deluded multitude.