- 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