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 illusion [i'lju:ʒәn]   添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 幻影, 错觉, 幻想

[医] 错觉




    illusion
    [ noun ]
    1. an erroneous mental representation

    2. <noun.cognition>
    3. something many people believe that is false

    4. <noun.cognition>
      they have the illusion that I am very wealthy
    5. the act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas

    6. <noun.act>
    7. an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers

    8. <noun.act>


    Illusion \Il*lu"sion\, n. [F. illusion, L. illusio, fr.
    illudere, illusum, to illude. See {Illude}.]
    1. An unreal image presented to the bodily or mental vision;
    a deceptive appearance; a false show; mockery;
    hallucination.

    To cheat the eye with blear illusions. --Milton.

    2. Hence: Anything agreeably fascinating and charming;
    enchantment; witchery; glamour.

    Ye soft illusions, dear deceits, arise! --Pope.

    3. (Physiol.) A sensation originated by some external object,
    but so modified as in any way to lead to an erroneous
    perception; as when the rolling of a wagon is mistaken for
    thunder.

    Note: Some modern writers distinguish between an illusion and
    hallucination, regarding the former as originating with
    some external object, and the latter as having no
    objective occasion whatever.

    4. A plain, delicate lace, usually of silk, used for veils,
    scarfs, dresses, etc.

    Syn: Delusion; mockery; deception; chimera; fallacy. See
    {Delusion}. {Illusion}, {Delusion}. Illusion refers
    particularly to errors of the sense; delusion to false
    hopes or deceptions of the mind. An optical deception is
    an illusion; a false opinion is a delusion. --E.
    Edwards.

    1. The illusion is that commissions are pretty much fixed. Indeed, anti-rebating laws in 48 states prohibit agents from returning part or all of their commissions to insurance buyers.
    2. Mr. Rollins says he no longer has the "illusion" that his music can influence things for the better.
    3. Mr. Wood suggests, in his introduction to the book accompanying the series, that "film is the true successor of the Greek mimetic revolution, and the West is still in the grip of that obsession with the illusion of reality in art."
    4. These illusions persist.' The contemporary illusion against which Bukovsky still attempts to tilt is the western belief that its fear of an imploding Russia can be exorcised by throwing money at it.
    5. Even the most loyal party officials privately admit that past figures were inflated to enhance PRI's reputation or simply to spread the illusion of support for the system and cover up voter apathy.
    6. But the campaign also demonstrated the emergence of a new political class arguing persuasively that talk of a so-called 'third way', in which change would somehow be made less painful, is an illusion.
    7. The settings drifted towards naturalistic illusion: best of all was the leafy canopy for Act 2, an overhead sea of undulating green umbrellas.
    8. The characters take on a life of their own, and we don't want to ruin the illusion."
    9. I would venture that the satire lies in their illusion that they dance. I saw Momix on Wednesday night at Sadler's Wells as a ten day season got under way.
    10. It is an illusion.
    11. Those who bought that illusion are now bewildered.
    12. Did the UK experience an economic miracle during the 1980s or was it all an illusion?
    13. The violence shattered the illusion of stability, carefully crafted by Mrs. Aquino's advisers.
    14. Mrs D still disappears from the box in which she has been transfixed by spears, and atomises as she is wafted to the flies in the final illusion.
    15. "Gorbachevism" has its dangers and is creating a new sort of monstrous lie, the creation of an illusion of freedom where people are really able to speak out.
    16. But that didn't bother me, because I knew now that it was all an illusion.
    17. Some of their ideas led to a necessary economic redirection, but "now we can see how much of the achievement was based on illusion," Marty writes in The Lutheran, monthly of th Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
    18. The proposed limit of 6,000 weapons "is an illusion," the study said.
    19. Everything has changed," Mubarak said, sitting surrounded by Israelis in a sunlit garden of a presidential palace. "We used to live in illusion before but got no result.
    20. Astronomers believe they have discovered the first instance of an Einstein ring, a heavenly illusion in which radio waves are bent by a distant cosmic object.
    21. Today, when I saw you, I realized that what is between us is nothing more than an illusion."
    22. Regaining credibility will not, of course, be a quick or easy process, but must begin by obtaining measurable results. The illusion of progress cannot be sustained over the long term.
    23. Regulators claim that the thrifts' investments were manipulated by Mr. Milken to create the illusion of demand for the securities.
    24. If anyone in the lucrative business of buying and selling stocks, bonds and commodities still had any illusion they were somehow exempt from prosecution under this law, they likely were sobered by the events of this past week.
    25. Summarizing his impressions of the M-19 in a Wall Street Journal interview, Mr. Gomez comments: "I think their illusion is to convert themselves into a civilian force.
    26. That was 14 per cent a year on average, so the 12-15 per cent interest paid out was a complete illusion.
    27. Mr Delors knows all this better than anyone; but he probably still suffers from the national illusion - after all, he is French.
    28. All is designed to give the illusion of greater space.
    29. "I make no apology for measures taken to prevent men of violence using television and radio to spread fear and create an illusion of authority," Mrs. Thatcher said. "Terrorists have no respect for freedom.
    30. Certainly Walt Disney's strictly limited financial commitment to the project is an illusion.
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