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。