VOCABULARY
** delusion**
1)N-count 错觉；缪见；误会
A delusion is a false idea
》》I was under the delusion that he intended to marry me.我误以为他要娶我
2)N-count 妄想；幻想
Delusion is the state of velieving things that are not true。
》》This was not optimism， it was delusion.marvel
- verb.惊讶不已，不胜惊羡，大为惊叹
if you marvel at somrthing, you express your great surprise,wonder, or admiration.
》》Her fellow members marveled at her seemingly infinite energy.
2)n-count. 不可思议的事
you can describe something or someone as a marvel to indicate that you think that are wonderful.
》》The whale, like the dolphin, has become a symbol of the marvels of creation鲸和海豚一样，已经成为造物杰作的象征
3)n-count
marvels are things that people have done, or that have happened, which are vey unexpected or surprising.
》》She almost died, but the hospital's skill achieved great marvels.
scarcely
1)adv. 刚刚，才
you use scarcely to emphasize that something is only just true or only just the case.
》》He could scarcely breathe
2)adv 几乎不，简直不
you can use scarcely to say that something is not true or is not the case, in a humorous or critical way.
》》It can scarcely be coincidence
3)adv 刚..
if you say scarcely had one thing happened when something else happened, you mean that the first event was folloed immediately by the second.
》》scaecely had they left before soldiers arrived armed with riflesnonplussed
adj. 不知所措的
if you are nonplussed, you feel confuse and unsure how react.
》》She expected him to ask for a scotch and was rather nonplussed when he asked her to mix him a martini and lemonade.crucifix
n-count. （十字架）苦像，耶稣受难像interminable
adj. 无休止的，没完没了的，冗长不堪的
if you describe somrthing as interminable, you are emphasizing that it continues for a very long time and indicating that you wish it wasshorter or would stop.
》》... an interminable meeting
