英语词汇“disillusion”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

To disillusion is to make someone realize their belief isn't true. If your cousin believes that the Tooth Fairy will come in the night, take her tooth and sprinkle her with fairy dust. It would be too cruel to disillusion her.

When you disillusion someone, you take away a false belief, or an illusion. Your parents' divorce might disillusion your romantic ideas of marriage, and a political candidate you supported enthusiastically could disillusion if she doesn't follow through on her promises. The disappointment you feel as a result of being disillusioned is also called disillusion, like the disillusion that results when your older sister tells you the truth about the Easter Bunny.

CHOOSE YOUR WORDS

disillusion / dissolution

To disillusion someone is to rid her of an illusion, like lifting up the curtain to show that the wizard is just a man. Dissolution, on the other hand, is when everything falls apart. Both are disappointing.

The verb disillusion needs an object, as in you have to disillusion someone. Toto accidently disillusions Dorothy of her belief in the magical wizard. (The word is more common as an adjective, as in poor disillusioned Dorothy.) It's also a noun, when it's a feeling of disillusion, a loss of enchantment. Here are two examples:

He has raised expectations so high that whatever he does as PM is bound to disillusion some. (Ottawa Sun)

My disillusion was growing and I was relieved when they laid me off with a generous severance. (New Internationalist Magazine)

Dissolution, always a noun, is like disintegration. There could be the dissolution of a marriage, band, political party — and if you're Edgar Allan Poe — human body. In "Masque of the Red Death," Poe describes the symptoms of the Red Death: "There were sharp pains, and sudden dizziness, and then profuse bleeding at the pores, with dissolution." Yikes. Most examples of dissolution aren't as exciting:

The singer's wife had filed for dissolution of marriage in September last year, according to San Diego Superior Court documents. (BBC)

Until its dissolution in January 1994, the Christian Democratic Party dominated, furnishing all but three postwar prime ministers. (New York Times)

Although the words sound alike, the difference is after the "dis" (meaning "not"): disillusion is not an illusion, and dissolution is not a solid solution, it breaks up like paper in water.

WORD FAMILY

disillusion: disillusioned, disillusioning, disillusionment, disillusions+/disillusioning: disillusioningly/disillusionment: disillusionments/illusion: disillusion, illusional, illusionary, illusionist, illusions, illusory/illusionist: illusionists/illusory: illusorily

USAGE EXAMPLES

Guterres, privately growing disillusioned with internal party politics, turned increasingly to his interest in international diplomacy.

The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017)

The prospect of such disillusion and internecine squabbling may console liberals who fear a White House tinged with racism and quasi-fascism.

The Guardian(Dec 27, 2016)

"When you spoke to people you realised the depth of their disillusion with many things, of which the EU is just one."

BBC(Dec 23, 2016)

1n freeing from false belief or illusions

Syn|Hyper

disenchantment, disillusionment

edification, sophistication

uplifting enlightenment

2v free from enchantment

Syn|Ant|Hyper

disenchant

delight, enchant, enrapture, enthral, enthrall, ravish, transport

hold spellbound

disappoint, let down

fail to meet the hopes or expectations of

单词	disillusion
释义	disillusion (once / 1667 pages) nv To disillusion is to make someone realize their belief isn't true. If your cousin believes that the Tooth Fairy will come in the night, take her tooth and sprinkle her with fairy dust. It would be too cruel to disillusion her. When you disillusion someone, you take away a false belief, or an illusion. Your parents' divorce might disillusion your romantic ideas of marriage, and a political candidate you supported enthusiastically could disillusion if she doesn't follow through on her promises. The disappointment you feel as a result of being disillusioned is also called disillusion, like the disillusion that results when your older sister tells you the truth about the Easter Bunny. CHOOSE YOUR WORDS disillusion / dissolution To disillusion someone is to rid her of an illusion, like lifting up the curtain to show that the wizard is just a man. Dissolution, on the other hand, is when everything falls apart. Both are disappointing. The verb disillusion needs an object, as in you have to disillusion someone. Toto accidently disillusions Dorothy of her belief in the magical wizard. (The word is more common as an adjective, as in poor disillusioned Dorothy.) It's also a noun, when it's a feeling of disillusion, a loss of enchantment. Here are two examples: He has raised expectations so high that whatever he does as PM is bound to disillusion some. (Ottawa Sun) My disillusion was growing and I was relieved when they laid me off with a generous severance. (New Internationalist Magazine) Dissolution, always a noun, is like disintegration. There could be the dissolution of a marriage, band, political party — and if you're Edgar Allan Poe — human body. In "Masque of the Red Death," Poe describes the symptoms of the Red Death: "There were sharp pains, and sudden dizziness, and then profuse bleeding at the pores, with dissolution." Yikes. Most examples of dissolution aren't as exciting: The singer's wife had filed for dissolution of marriage in September last year, according to San Diego Superior Court documents. (BBC) Until its dissolution in January 1994, the Christian Democratic Party dominated, furnishing all but three postwar prime ministers. (New York Times) Although the words sound alike, the difference is after the "dis" (meaning "not"): disillusion is not an illusion, and dissolution is not a solid solution, it breaks up like paper in water. WORD FAMILY disillusion: disillusioned, disillusioning, disillusionment, disillusions+/disillusioning: disillusioningly/disillusionment: disillusionments/illusion: disillusion, illusional, illusionary, illusionist, illusions, illusory/illusionist: illusionists/illusory: illusorily USAGE EXAMPLES Guterres, privately growing disillusioned with internal party politics, turned increasingly to his interest in international diplomacy. The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017) The prospect of such disillusion and internecine squabbling may console liberals who fear a White House tinged with racism and quasi-fascism. The Guardian(Dec 27, 2016) "When you spoke to people you realised the depth of their disillusion with many things, of which the EU is just one." BBC(Dec 23, 2016) 1n freeing from false belief or illusions Syn\|Hyper disenchantment, disillusionment edification, sophistication uplifting enlightenment 2v free from enchantment Syn\|Ant\|Hyper disenchant delight, enchant, enrapture, enthral, enthrall, ravish, transport hold spellbound disappoint, let down fail to meet the hopes or expectations of
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