“I hate to disillusion you, but I don't think you'll enter into a contract with the firm.”

(我可不是在给你泼冷水哈，但我觉得你没法儿跟这家公司签合同。)

现实就算再残酷，它也是现实，而非幻想。

“disillusion”

大家从字面儿上就可以看出来了，就是 dis+illusion，“相反+幻想的事物”不就是不再抱有幻想了嘛！而“hate to disillusion you”其实也就是我们口语中所常说的“不想给你泼冷水”了，如果你身边也有这样的朋友，还是赶紧用这句来劝劝ta吧！

disillusion [.dɪsɪ'luʒ(ə)n]

hate to / sorry to disillusion you

使醒悟；使觉悟清醒; 使不再抱幻想；使幻想破灭；大失所望

【En】

to destroy the ideals, illusions, or false ideas of.

摧毁…的理想、幻想或错误的想法。

to free from illusion or false ideas; disenchant.

使某人摆脱幻想或错误观念; 使不抱幻想。

to make someone realize that something which they thought was true or good is not really true or good.

使某人意识到他们认为正确或好的事情其实不是真的正确或好的。

If a person or thing disillusions you, they make you realize that something is not as good as you thought.

如果某人或某事使你失望，他们使你意识到某事并不像你想得那么好。

● I hate to disillusion you, but I don't think she's coming back.

我不想使你的幻想破灭，但我认为她不会回来了。

● I'd hate to be the one to disillusion him.

我不愿意成为那个让他幻想破灭的人。

● He said he had been bitterly disillusioned by his country's failure to change into a democracy.

他说，他的国家未能转变为民主国家，这使他深感失望。

● There is disillusion with established political parties.

人们对老牌政党的幻想破灭了。

【Scenario Example 场景示例】

● Don't disillusion me！

别给我泼冷水啊

● I hate to disillusion you, but he's already married.

我不想使你幻想破灭，但他已经结婚了。

● Do not say anything to disillusion them.

别说什么叫他们泄气的话。

● I hate to disillusion you, but pregnancy is not always wonderful - I was sick every day for six months.

我不想打破你的美梦，但是怀孕并非总是美妙的事——我当时有6个月的时间天天都恶心。

● I don't want to disillusion her.

我可不想给她泼冷水。

● I hate to disillusion you, but you'll probably never get your money back from them.

我不想使你的幻想破灭，但你可能永远也无法从他们那儿拿回你的钱了。

● She still believes in Santa Claus and it would be creel to disillusion her.

她依然相信有圣诞老人，要使她这一幻想破灭还真于心不忍。

● I hate to disillusion you, but your chances of winning are nil.

我并不愿意使你的想法破灭，但你没有取胜的机会。

出处：见配图水印