under the present circumstances there seem fewer reasons for people to hug illusions than英语问题

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under the present circumstances there seem fewer reasons for people to hug illusions than英语问题
under the present circumstances there seem fewer reasons for people to hug illusions than there was before.
这句哪里错了,为什么?

was--were
主谓一致能帮忙翻译一下不在目前情况下,较以前相比,抱有幻想的理由似乎更少了。