American History Series: The Civil War's First Days

1.extremely ad. 极端地,非常地,很

例句:He is extremely suspicious of all his neighbors.
      他对所有的邻居都满腹狐疑。

2.hostile a. 怀敌意的,敌对的

例句:They have hostile sentiments towards us.
       他们对我们怀有敌意。

3.speedy a. 快的,迅速的

例句:His fidelity and industry brought him speedy promotion.
       他的尽职及勤奋使他很快地得到晋升。

4.withdraw v. 撤退,离开,取款

例句:He has decided to withdraw from the competition.
      他已决定退出竞赛。

5.convention n.大会,会议;公约,协定;习俗,惯例;习俗,惯例

例句:The Republican national convention was held in Houston.
       共和党全国代表大会在休斯顿举行。

1.Years of disagreement between the North and the South finally burst into civil war in April of eighteen sixty-one.

burst into 闯入,开出,突然出现

例句:He burst into a fit of laughter.
      他突然大笑起来。

2.Before marching away, the soldiers set fire to the gun factory and arsenal.

set fire to点燃,使燃烧,使着火

例句:I believe the house was deliberately set fire to.
      我认为有人蓄意放火烧这幢房子。

3.He did not want the state to secede. Nor did he want it to remain neutral.

以neither与nor开头的句子,表示“…也不”时,句子倒装。Neither 与nor 意思相同,可以互换。Neither, nor 用于否定句,通常指前面所说的否定情况也适用于其他人或物。结构是:Neither (nor) + be (do, have, 其他助动词或情态动词) +主语。
  例如:
  I won’t do such a thing. Nor/Neither will anyone else.
  我不会做这样的事,别人也不会。
  The first one wasn’t good and neither was the second.
  第一个不好,第二个也不好。