英语单词 | illusory |
---|---|
英美音标 | 英 [ɪ'luːsəri] 美 [ɪ'luːsəri] |
中文释义 | adj.虚幻的;幻觉的 |
英语例句 | (1) The certainties proclaimed by Newton mechanics are illusory. (2) I am afraid this hope is illusory. |
中文例句 | (1) 由牛顿力学所表明的确定性是一种错误。 (2) 恐怕这个愿望只是幻想。 |
vocabulary简明 | If something is based on something that is not real, you can say it is illusory. Tales of seeing Elvis and Big Foot eating together at McDonalds are probably based on an illusory experience. |
vocabulary扩展 | Although the adjective illusory can describe anything that's based on an illusion, it often has the negative connotation of being deliberately deceptive. Like a bogus investment scheme that seems to make money for investors: any real profits are totally illusory. Or the illusory claims that fad diets work — they only work while you're on the diet, and no one can survive on cabbage soup forever. |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]幻觉的;虚假的;不切实际的 If you describe something as illusory, you mean that although it seems true or possible, it is in fact false or impossible.
|
Learn with these flashcards. Click next, previous, or up to navigate to more flashcards for this subject.
Next card: Hydroelectric 英 ˌhaɪdrəʊɪ'lektrɪk] 美 ˌhaɪdroʊɪ'lektrɪk adj.水力发电的 machine power important
Previous card: Winter season prep/adv cold [v 英 wɪntə(r)] 美 wɪntər
Up to card list: 17641 COCA words