self-delusion

...the grandiose self-delusion of the addict.

瘾君子不切实际的自我欺骗

In order to preserve your self-respect, it is sometimes necessary to lie and cheat. Emotionalism and self-delusion may cloud judgment.

有时为了维护自尊心，我们有必要撒谎和欺骗。情绪化主义及自我欺骗会笼罩着你的判断。

Mr Obama, like his boffin compatriots, was laying claim to one archetypically American trait ( self-confidence) while exhibiting signs of another ( self-delusion).

就像他的书呆子同胞一样，奥巴马号称彰显一种典型的美国特质（自信），而实际上表露出另一种特质（自欺）的迹象。

Self-delusion is pulling in your stomach step on the scale.

自欺的意思,就是站到磅秤上,收缩腹部.

She could only resolve to avoid such self-delusion in future, and think with heightened gratitude of the extraordinary blessing of having one such truly sympathising friend as Lady Russell.

安妮只能横下决心，将来不要这么自欺欺人，并且怀着更加深切的感激之情，庆幸自己能有一个像拉塞尔夫人那样真正富有同情心的朋友。

Emotionalism and self-delusion may cloud judgment.

情绪化主义及自我欺骗会笼罩着你的判断。

Activity in toubled times is born of superstition, and the ignorant must find consolation in self-delusion.

乱世的热闹来自迷信, 愚人的安慰只有自欺.