Allusion 与 Illusion的不同以及用法详解

February 29, 2020

记住英语单词的含义并不容易。英语包含许多从较早的各种语言中借来的或翻译过来的英语单词,因此词源并不总是一个清晰的指标。同样,发音因地区而异,甚至拼写也是根据单独的美国和英国规范进行标准化的。

即使存在这些障碍,也并非不可能确定英文单词的含义以及正确使用它们。 Allusion和Illusion是两个经常使初学者或英语学习者感到困惑的单词,但是区分它们并不困难。

## Allusion和Illusion有什么区别?

在本文中,我将比较Allusion与Illusion并在句子中使用它们。我还将向您展示一个有用的记忆技巧,以记住Allusion和Illusion的区别。

##何时使用Allusion?

Allusion是什么意思? Allusion是对其他事物的引用,尤其是在文学作品中(an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly;),意思:典故。这里有些例子:

* The title of Rudyard Kipling’s The Sound and the Fury is an allusion to Shakespeare.
* S. Eliot’s “The Waste Land” has many allusions to Eastern religion and mythology.
* The candidate made frequent allusions to her opponents’ notorious verbal blunders.
* There has been talk of this album for years by potential collaborators and by Ocean himself, either directly or through allusions. –The Washington Post

即使Allusion主要是一个文学术语,任何人都可以编造一个Allusion。在文学界之外,它的用法也相当普遍。

##何时使用Illusion?

Illusion是什么意思? Illusion传统上是指视觉的欺骗(错觉)(a thing that is or is likely to be wrongly perceived or interpreted by the senses.)。有时在伪装或隐藏真相的事物的上下文中使用它,例如在以下情况下:

* “This optical illusion hurts my eyes,” said Thomas.
* The appearance of strength was an illusion, and beneath her confident exterior, Emily was plagued by self-doubt.
* Samir bought expensive clothes to give the illusion of wealth, but in reality, he was deep in debt.
* It is an illusion to think that, by waiting in line, we are buying complete safety. In every domain, we make a trade-off between risks and costs. We do not post 10-mile-per-hour speed limits on all highways, even though that would be safer. –The New York Times

##记住差异的技巧

记住Illusion与Allusion这两个单词有点困难,尤其是因为它们的拼写和发音非常相似。

您可能还记得使用Illusion来指代视觉欺骗,因为它包含ill一词。因此你只要 记住Illusion会让你产生ill的不适感。通过记住这一点,您在写作中是选择Illusion或Allusion应该不会有困惑了。

##总结

是用Illusion还是Allusion?由于Allusion和Illusion在拼写方面如此接近,因此不得不记住它们的不同含义可能会令人沮丧。

不过,您可以确定知道哪一个单词有没有在句子中用对就行。您只需要记住,Illusion包含ill一词。,因为视觉上的错觉会使许多人感到不适。