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in denial
collocation
not willing to accept that something unpleasant is true:
He's still in denial about the break-up of his relationship.他仍然无法接受他们分手这一事实。
People are in denial - they don't want to change.
I was in total denial about the real cause of the problems.
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denial
She appears to be in denial about the seriousness of the charges.
The party's leadership seems to be in complete denial about the problems they face.
They have been in denial for the last ten years, and have totally refused to change the way they do things.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Not believing
(that's) a likely story!idiom
anti-science
anti-scientific
are my eyes deceiving me?idiom
as if!idiom
authority
foot
iconoclasm
iconoclastic
in your dreams!idiom
incredulity
incredulous
joke
salt
self-deception
since whenidiom
take something with a pinch of saltidiom
tell me another one!idiom
worship
yeah
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