(noun.) something many people believe that is false; 'they have the illusion that I am very wealthy'.
(noun.) an erroneous mental representation.
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Thirdly, Account for that propensity, which this illusion gives, to unite these broken appearances by a continued existence. 戴维·休谟.人性论.
This illusion, which created so much sensation in London and first known here as Pepper’s Ghost, I will endeavor to explain, and make the working of it as clear as I possibly can to the reader. 威廉K.戴维.智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
Hence it will be obvious that these toys produced merely an ILLUSION of THEORETICAL motion. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔.爱迪生的生平和发明.
I think it a case of spectral illusion: I fear, following on and resulting from long-continued mental conflict. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.维莱特.
She wants petty, immediate POWER, she wants the illusion that she is a great woman, that is all. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯.恋爱中的女人.
The drug gave her a momentary illusion of complete renewal, from which she drew strength to take up her daily work. 伊迪丝·华顿.快乐之家.
Celia was present while the plans were being examined, and observed Sir James's illusion. 乔治·艾略特.米德尔马契.
But this proceeds merely from an illusion of the imagination; and the question is, how far we ought to yield to these illusions. 戴维·休谟.人性论.
I could have been--but this nasty Lady W---- destroys half my illusion. 哈里特·威尔逊.哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
The discovery gave her an immediate illusion of activity: it was exhilarating to think that she had actually a reason for hurrying home. 伊迪丝·华顿.快乐之家.
There is no difficulty in seeing that this is an illusion; for there is no more error or variation in an individual man, horse, bed, etc. 柏拉图.理想国.
But isn't it really an illusion to think you can get out of it? 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯.恋爱中的女人.
The illusion was rendered more perfect by the excellence of the painting, and by the sensitive condition of the eye in the darkness of the surrounding chamber. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔.伟大的事实.
But he, with a perfect stoicism, did without any before and after, dispensed with all illusion. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯.恋爱中的女人.
I tell you again, Mr. Holmes, that you are under some absurd illusion. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔.福尔摩斯归来记.
Surely, I would say, all men do not wear those shocking nightcaps; else all women's illusions had been destroyed on the first night of their marriage! 哈里特·威尔逊.哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
If she were sickly she would have her illusions, imaginations. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯.恋爱中的女人.
Falsehoods and illusions ascend to take their place; the prodigal goes back into the country of the Lotophagi or drones, and openly dwells there. 柏拉图.理想国.
Yet there were some illusions under Mary's eyes which were not quite comic to her. 乔治·艾略特.米德尔马契.
Refraction is the source of many illusions; bent rays of light make objects appear where they really are not. 伯莎M.克拉克.科学通论.
What illusions I put in thee and how they have turned out! 欧内斯特·海明威.丧钟为谁而鸣.
All France might worship him, but she had no illusions. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
You must not get illusions about it now. 欧内斯特·海明威.丧钟为谁而鸣.
But this proceeds merely from an illusion of the imagination; and the question is, how far we ought to yield to these illusions. 戴维·休谟.人性论.
Miss Farish's heart was a fountain of tender illusions, Miss Stepney's a precise register of facts as manifested in their relation to herself. 伊迪丝·华顿.快乐之家.
He will pass through all its illusions, half believe in them, wholly enjoy them, then outlive them. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.雪莉.
Turning as from a fallen idol, she made other discoveries which rapidly dispelled her romantic illusions. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特.小妇人.
The simple illusions of her girlhood are gone, and my hand has stripped them off. 威尔基·柯林斯.白衣女人.
He would only want her to be herself--he knew her verily, with a subconscious, sinister knowledge, devoid of illusions and hopes. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯.恋爱中的女人.
I wonder you have time for such illusions, occupied as your mind must be. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.雪莉.