self-deception

释义

self-（自己）+ deception（把真相拿走）=「把真相从自己这里拿走」。self-deception 的奇特之处在于：骗子和被骗者是同一个人——你悄悄把某个真相藏在自己的意识之外，因为正视它太痛苦。

常用搭配

• 1.willful self-deception蓄意的自欺
• 2.a form of self-deception一种自欺的形式
• 3.self-deception and denial自欺与否认

例句

• 1.

  Believing he would quit anytime was pure self-deception.

  以为自己随时能戒掉，纯属自欺。

• 2.

  Her optimism bordered on self-deception.

  她的乐观近乎自欺。

• 3.

  Recovery begins by giving up self-deception.

  康复始于放下自欺。