1. Now Mary could have no illusions that she was anything except a prisoner.

That在這里是連詞，連接結(jié)果狀語從句，意思是“以至于......”。

e.g. Double over the map that we can read it more easily.

把地圖對折起來，這樣看起來更容易。

e.g. I will give you all the facts that you can judge for yourself.

我會(huì)給你所有的事實(shí)以便你可以自己判斷。

2. She was shuttled from house to house under the watchful eye of the Earl of Shrewsbury, who got the unenviable job of being her jailer.

from house to house：從一個(gè)屋子到另一個(gè)屋子，挨家挨戶

e.g. They went from house to house, begging the people for bread.

他們挨家挨戶地向人們乞食。

e.g. The police at once began a search from house to house for a criminal.

警方立刻開始按家搜索罪犯。

under the watchful eye of：在(某人)的警覺目光下；在…的監(jiān)視下

e.g. There were demonstrations in the streets today, under the watchful eye of police.

今天，在警方的監(jiān)視下大街上進(jìn)行了游行。

e.g. Children swim at the pool, under the watchful eye of lifeguards.

孩子們在救生員的監(jiān)護(hù)下在水池里游泳。

3. Mary Stuart had to be kept a long way away from any possibility of rescue, far away from Scotland, far away from London, far away from the coast.

kept sb a long way away from something：使某人距離......很遠(yuǎn)

e.g. John is kept a long way away from drug.

約翰被支開得很遠(yuǎn)，讓他遠(yuǎn)離毒品。

far away from somewhere：距離某地很遠(yuǎn)

e.g. Far away from home, the overseas student dream of returning to his own fireside.

這位遠(yuǎn)離家鄉(xiāng)的海外學(xué)生渴望著回家。

e.g. And he spent his senility on an archipelago, far away from here.

當(dāng)他年老的時(shí)候他住在了一個(gè)群島上, 遠(yuǎn)離這里。

5. But wherever she was, Mary Stuart become maximum security problem number one, not just a headache but a magnet for conspiracy.

not... but..: 不是......而是......

e.g. What I want is not money but love.

我所需要的不是錢而是愛情。

number one：最好，自身利益

e.g. I can certainly assure you I'm looking after number one all right.

我可以肯定地向你保證,我會(huì)照顧好自己的。

e.g. George is number one around here and I am his number two.

喬治是這里的頭號人物，而我是他的副手。

e.g. Air and water pollution are our Number One priorities.

空氣和水污染是我們關(guān)注的首要問題。