self-deceiving
adjective uk/ˌself.dɪˈsiː.vɪŋ/ us/ˌself.dɪˈsiː.vɪŋ/
自我欺骗的
Someone who is self-deceiving persuades themselves that something false is true, or that their feelings or reasons for doing something are different from what they really are.
He artfully exposes all the characters, including himself, as a bunch of self-deceiving fools. 他巧妙地揭露了所有的角色,包括他自己,是一群自我欺骗的傻瓜。
The only real question is whether they were stupid, self-deceiving, or lying.
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- He seems to be self-absorbed, disingenuous, self-deceiving, banal, and self-pitying.
- The memoir depicted the president as a self-deceiving incompetent who lacks the courage to admit mistakes.
- Complacency over the situation again set in, but this complacency is self-deceiving.