self-deception
英 ['selfdi'sepʃən]
美
- n. 自欺；自欺其人的行为
英英释义
- 1. a misconception that is favorable to the person who holds it
考试真题
- Opportunities for misinterpretation, error, and self-deception abound.
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实用场景例句
- Human beings have an infinite capacity for self-deception.
- 人类自欺的本事是无穷的。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Let us then beware of self deception.
- 那就让我们提防自欺行为吧.
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双语例句
- 1. He has never exhibited the self-confidence, bordering on arrogance, of his predecessor.
- 他从未表现出他前任的那种近乎傲慢的自信。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. I felt so self-conscious under Luke's mother's intense gaze.
- 在卢克母亲审视的目光下，我感到极不自在。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. She has now changed into a happy, self-confident woman.
- 如今她已经变成一个快乐、自信的女人。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. He is being treated for a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
- 他因开枪自残受伤正在接受治疗。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. She summoned up all her pity for him, to smother her self-pity.
- 她抑制着心中的自怜，将满腔的怜悯之情都倾注在了他的身上。
来自柯林斯例句
英文词源
- self-deception (n.)
- 1670s, from self- + deception.