Word · Frequency #4675
illusion
错误观念；错觉；幻想
A false idea or belief, especially one shared by many people.
- 1.
A distortion of sensory perception where real stimuli lead to a false or misleading impression of reality.
错觉；幻觉
- 2.
an erroneous mental representation
错误的心理表征
- 3.
A misapprehension; a belief in something that is in fact not true.
误解；错误的信念
- 4.
something many people believe that is false
许多人相信但实际上是错误的事物
- 5.
A magician’s trick.
魔术戏法
- 6.
the act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas
欺骗的行为；通过创造虚幻的观念进行的欺骗
- 7.
The state of being deceived or misled.
受骗；被误导的状态
错觉；幻象；魔术；幻术；欺骗；蒙蔽；受骗；上当；错觉；幻觉
In use
The magician created the illusion that a rabbit had disappeared into thin air.
She cherished the illusion that he would one day change his ways.
Optical illusions often reveal how our brains can misinterpret visual information.
they have the illusion that I am very wealthy
have the illusion that ...
He had the illusion that he was invincible.
他有种错觉，认为自己不可战胜。
be under the illusion that ...
常描述错误信念。
She is under the illusion that everyone agrees with her.
她误以为大家都同意她的看法。
Connections
Collocations
- optical illusion
- 视觉错觉
- The pattern creates an optical illusion of movement.这个图案产生了运动的视觉错觉。
- create an illusion
- 制造错觉
- Mirrors can create an illusion of space in a small room.镜子可以在小房间里制造空间的错觉。
- under the illusion that
- 错误地认为
- He was under the illusion that money would solve all his problems.他错误地认为金钱能解决他所有问题。
- break the illusion
- 打破幻想
- A sudden noise broke the illusion of solitude.突然的噪音打破了独处的幻想。
- illusion of choice
- 选择的错觉
- The menu gives an illusion of choice, but all options are similar.菜单给人一种选择的错觉，但所有选项都很相似。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
Ill（病）+ vision（视觉）合成illusion，病中视觉扭曲产生错觉。
Context & Register
中性语境：日常交流与学术写作均可。备注：通常用于描述视觉或认知上的错误认知，在口语和书面语中都比较常见。
Pronunciation & Spelling
The words delusion, confusion, and collusion rhyme with illusion (stressed vowel /uː/ and ending /ʒən/). Note that vision and television share the spelling pattern 'sion' but have different stressed vowels (/ɪ/ vs /uː/).
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.