illusion:错误的观念;错误的感觉
e.g. I have no illusions about my ability.
我对自己的能力如何颇有自知之明。
shuttle:(使)频繁往来于(两地之间)
e.g. He and colleagues have shuttled back and forth between the three capitals.
他和同事们在这3个首都之间往来穿梭。
watchful:警觉的;警惕的
e.g. He looked tall and powerful and, with his dark, watchful face, a little threatening.
他看上去又高又壮,面色黝黑,满脸警觉,真叫人有点害怕。
unenviable:不值得羡慕的;令人不快的;尴尬的
e.g. She had the unenviable task of making the first few phone calls.
她接受了这个令人为难的差事,负责打头几个电话。
e.g. It put me in the unenviable position of having to lie.
这令我陷入了不得不说谎的尴尬境地。
tolerable:可忍受的;可容忍的
e.g. The levels of tolerable pain vary greatly from individual to individual.
对疼痛的耐受程度因人而异,差别很大。
e.g. He described their living conditions as tolerable.
他把他们的生活条件描述为“尚可忍受”。
magnet :有吸引力的事物或人物
e.g. This disco is a magnet for young people.
这家迪斯科舞厅经常吸引大批年轻的顾客。
conspiracy:密谋;阴谋
e.g. Seven men, all from Bristol, admitted conspiracy to commit arson.
7个人都来自布里斯托尔,他们承认了合谋纵火。
e.g. He believes there probably was a conspiracy to kill President Kennedy in 1963.
他认为1963年肯尼迪总统遇刺身亡可能是一个阴谋。