illusion
单词辨析：
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。
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。
指在清醒时产生的使人忘却现实的美好幻想。
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。
指对自己或自身所处境况的错误看法。
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。
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。
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。
尤指对自己持有的错误观念或想法。
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。
相关例句：
Do not have any illusions that an industrial tribunal will right all employment wrongs
不要幻想一个劳资仲裁法庭能纠正所有的雇佣不公现象。
He cherishes the illusion that she's in love with him.
他怀有一种幻想，认为她已经爱上他了。
I suffer from this illusion as much as anyone.
和任何人一样，我也有这个幻觉。
Seeing dispels the illusion of victory, or defeat, or suffering.
看见驱散了胜利或失败或受苦的虚幻。
But apparently this is only an illusion.
但显然这只是一个错觉。
This guy, he's nothing but an illusion.
这家伙，他不过是个假象。