fantasy

单词辨析:

fantasy daydream delusion fancy illusion 【导航词义:幻想】
fantasy n. 想象,幻想
〔辨析〕

指对刺激或异乎寻常的事情的臆想,此类事情基本不可能在现实中发生。

〔例证〕

He used to have fantasies about living with a fairy in a wooden house near the sea.

他过去常幻想自己和仙女居住在海边的一座小木屋里。

She was wondering if her fantasy could become reality.

她想知道自己的幻想能否变成现实。

daydream n. 白日梦,空想
〔辨析〕

指在清醒时产生的使人忘却现实的美好幻想。

〔例证〕

Sometimes daydreams can motivate people to work harder.

有时白日梦能够激励人们更努力地工作。

Totally lost in a daydream, she gave no response to the question.

她完全沉浸在幻想中,没回答那个问题。

delusion n. 错觉,妄想
〔辨析〕

指对自己或自身所处境况的错误看法。

〔例证〕

The patient lives under the delusion that he is the president.

那个病人生活在他就是总统的错觉中。

He had the delusion that he was an emperor.

他怀有自己就是皇帝的妄想。

fancy n. [文,旧]想象
〔辨析〕

指无根据的猜想或空想,所想象的内容常含近乎怪诞的意味。

〔例证〕

You were talking about traveling around the country on foot, or was that just another flight of fancy?

你是真的要徒步游遍全国,还是说这又是一个奇思怪想?

It's one of the strange fancies of a dying person.

这是垂死者奇怪的幻觉之一。

illusion n. 幻觉,幻想
〔辨析〕

尤指对自己持有的错误观念或想法。

〔例证〕

She suffers from the illusion that she can't possibly meet the deadline.

她误以为自己不能按时完成任务。

He is under the illusion that he will get an extra bonus.

他存有幻想,认为他将得到一笔额外的奖金。

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Fantasy and fiction appeal to you, and you are fascinated by imaginative ideas.

幻想、虚构的作品和具有想象力的想法很吸引你。

It might sound like some kind of wild fantasy, but it wasn't an erotic experience at all.

这听起来可能像是异想天开,但是绝对不是什么性体验。

They have no worry and life is all about sunshine, romance and fantasy.

他们没有烦恼,生活就是阳光,浪漫和幻想。

You have no fantasy life.

你没有幻想中的生活。

He began living out his rock 'n' roll fantasy during his last year in law school

在法学院的最后一年,他开始着手实践自己的摇滚梦想。

The film tries to be all things to all men — comedy, romance, fantasy, and satire.

这部电影试图面面俱到——既是喜剧、爱情剧、梦幻剧,还想是讽刺剧。