今日の単語 delusion
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今日の単語は delusion です。まずは意味を確認。
belief in something that is not true
something a person believes and wants to be true, when it is actually not true:
A delusion is a false idea.
誤った信念［考え・意見］、思いこみ、妄想
例文を見てみましょう
We have no delusions that these kids are going to play pro basketball, but they are having fun.
プロになるなんて思ってもないけれど、子供たちはバスケを楽しんでいます。
He’s under the delusion that he will be promoted this year.
今年は昇進すると妄想している
I was under the delusion that he intended to marry me.
彼が私と結婚してくれるという妄想を抱いていました。
This was not optimism, it was delusion.
それは楽観主義ではなくてただの妄想
Done with delusion of ‘strongman’? As you can tell, the leader taking ‘tough decisions’, hiding behind layers of security, endangers everyone, but himself, no? (from mid-day)
強い男、の幻想も終わりか？プーチン大統領のこと。
The West is clinging to the delusion that its survival can be bought cheap – The post-Cold War peace dividend has evaporated: we must spend more on defence and boost growth. Vladimir Putin’s criminally obscene invasion of Ukraine has changed everything. Britain and the West have been plunged back into what, at best, will become a lengthy new Cold War and clash of civilisations….(from the Telegraph)
冷戦後の平和を軽く見積もりすぎたかも。
今日の単語は
delusion 幻想
でした
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