delude

verb
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they delude
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he / she / it deludes
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past simple deluded
🔊/dɪˈluːdɪd/
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past participle deluded
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-ing form deluding
🔊/dɪˈluːdɪŋ/
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  1. to make somebody believe something that is not true欺骗;哄骗 synonym deceive
    • delude somebody You poor deluded creature.你这上了当的可怜虫。🔊🔊
    • delude yourself He's deluding himself if he thinks it's going to be easy.他要是以为那事很容易,那就是自己欺骗自己。🔊🔊
    • delude somebody/yourself into doing something Don't be deluded into thinking that we are out of danger yet.不要误以为我们已脱离危险。🔊🔊
    • delude yourself that… She had been deluding herself that he loved her.她一直欺骗自己说他爱着她。🔊🔊
    see also delusionTopics Opinion and argumentc2
    Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin deludere ‘to mock’, from de- (with pejorative force) + ludere ‘to play’.