| 词汇 | self-delusion |
| 释义 | self-delusion noun[ C or U ] uk /ˌself.dɪˈluː.ʒən/ us /ˌself.dɪˈluː.ʒən/ the act of allowing yourself to believe something that is not true: 自欺欺人 It's self-delusion if he thinks he'll be offered a better contract.要是他认为能签到更好的合同，他就是在自欺欺人了。 Believing accept allegedly article of faith ascribe something to something ascription belief delude deluded evidently feel it in your bonesidiom give credence to something hold put stock in somethingidiom received recognize room room for doubtidiom see something in someone/something swallow swear Examples of self-delusionself-delusion It needs also to be added that there is a large element of self-delusion. The scale of self-delusion in relation to historic voting alignments is noteworthy indeed. But that does not mean we must inevitably fall prey to blatant self-delusion. Anything else is simply a form of self-delusion resting on values derived from a different, and inappropriate, part of the lifecourse. First, it seemed to me that his speech again showed all the spasms of self-delusion and complacency to which we have become so accustomed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Those who argue that the pound should be revalued are indulging in an exercise of self-delusion on a grand scale. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In referring to the claims made by internationalists he spoke of "sentimentality and self-delusion". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The self-delusion in question is that we think we have succeeded in setting up the internal market. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English It is difficult to imagine such a process of self-delusion and mental obliquity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is it an attempt at self-delusion, a pretence that inflation has not taken place since the war? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think that there is some deception and self-delusion in the matter. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It was nothing of the sort; that summit was an exercise in self-delusion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We must remember that it is the credibility outside that matters and not the self-delusion in which we engage inside. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In the hands of an ambitious politician, it gives rise to self-delusion, followed by deceit, ending up in catastrophe. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I always took the view that to do so was dangerous self-delusion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of self-delusion These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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