单词 | disillusion |
释义 | disillusionn. 1. Illusion, delusion. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deception by illusion, delusion > [noun] swikingc1000 illusionc1340 phantoma1375 phantomya1400 delusion1526 elusion1550 falsery1594 disillusion1598 imposture1643 1598 B. Yong tr. J. de Montemayor Diana 139 What slights, what disillusions..Haue risen of such sorrowes? II. [dis- prefix 2d.] 2. The action of freeing or becoming freed from illusion; the condition of being freed from illusion; disenchantment. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > [noun] > disillusionment disillusion1851 disillusioning1855 disillusionment1856 disillusionizing1864 disenchantment1876 dishallucination1881 1851 E. B. Browning Casa Guidi Windows p. vii The discrepancy between..faith and dis-illusion, between hope and fact. 1854 H. W. Longfellow Epimetheus vi Disenchantment! Dis-illusion! Must each noble aspiration Come at last to this conclusion? 1865 London Rev. 30 Dec. 712/1 Amidst the disappointments and the disillusions which followed the..revolutions of 1848. 1877 E. Dowden Shakspere (Macmillan Lit. Primers) v. 53 It is the comedy of disillusion. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022). disillusionv. transitive. To free from illusion; to disenchant, undeceive, disillusionize. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > enlightenment > enlighten [verb (transitive)] > undeceive to bring (a person) to reasona1400 to set (also put) someone right1551 unhoodwink1585 undeceive1598 unbeguile1599 disabuse1611 disdeceive1622 disinveigle1635 clarify1642 unconfound1649 uncheat1650 undelude1651 ungull1652 unpervert1655 unseduce1664 unbewilder1668 unclouda1711 disillude1860 disillusionize1861 disillusion1864 de-bamboozle1919 straighten1956 1864 Reader 1 Oct. 417 Captain Burton..disillusioned many be stating that the plain on which it stands was by no means unlike some parts of central equatorial Africa. 1876 W. C. Russell Is he the Man? III. 193 His voice disillusioned me in a second. Derivatives disiˈllusioned adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > indifference > [adjective] > disillusioned disenchanted1611 disillusioned1871 1871 J. Morley Byron in Crit. Misc. 273 The disillusioned France of '99. 1878 J. A. Symonds Shelley ii. 31 A disillusioned world is inclined to look with languid approbation on benevolence. disiˈllusioner n. = disillusionist n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > [noun] > disillusionment > cause of disillusionist1889 disillusioner1892 1892 Graphic 9 July 38/3 Marriage is the great disillusioner. disiˈllusioning n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > [noun] > disillusionment disillusion1851 disillusioning1855 disillusionment1856 disillusionizing1864 disenchantment1876 dishallucination1881 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > [adjective] > disillusioning disenchanting1755 disillusioning1855 disillusionizing1864 disillusive1878 disillusionary1879 1855 F. E. Smedley Harry Coverdale's Courtship xx. 135 Alice..took her revenge upon that ‘dis-illusioning’—as a Frenchman would have called it—lady's maid. 1866 London Rev. 724/1 The notion of this coach is commendable, and is a protest against the increase of dis-illusioning. The world, however, will not go back for our fancy, and we must fain keep up with it. disiˈllusionist n. a disillusioning agent. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > [noun] > disillusionment > cause of disillusionist1889 disillusioner1892 1889 Voice (N.Y.) 14 Mar. The ballot in woman's hand will prove a disillusionist; she will then be judged as a man. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1598v.1855 |
随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。