1. 1v/fuːl/deceive yourself自欺、騙自己

    To keep telling yourself something is true when you know it is not.

    「fool yourself」是「騙自己,努力相信一件你心裡知道不是真的事」。這裡被騙的對象是「自己」,畫面可以想成「把自己變成那個被唬住的人」。常用在勸人面對現實:別再 fool yourself,事情就是這樣。它比 lie to yourself 更口語一點。

    示範例句 · Example

    It's no good fooling yourself — he's not coming back.

    中文翻譯騙自己沒有用——他不會回來了。

    常見搭配

    • fool yourself into thinking something

      騙自己去相信某件事

      to make yourself believe something untrue

      She fooled herself into thinking everything was fine.

    意思相近

    kid yourselflie to yourself

同家族的字

fooled fooled fooling fools

意思相近

kid yourselflie to yourself