大学英语词汇短语释义解析及例句 continental army
释义:
continental army 大陆军
例句:
The inexperienced Continental Army was defeated on Long Island, Manhattan, and at White Plains, New York.
由于大陆军缺乏经验,在长岛、曼哈顿、纽约白原战役中战败。
When the Second Continental Congress assembled in Philadelphia in May 1775, Washington, one of the Virginia delegates, was elected Commander in Chief of the Continental Army.
在1775年五月当第二次大陆会议在费城举行,华盛顿作为弗吉尼亚代表之一,当选为大陆军总司令。
As the first rebel victory of the Revolutionary war, the Battle of Fort Ticonderoga served as a morale booster and provided key artillery for the Continental Army in that first year of war.
作为独立战争的第一次反抗的胜利,提康德·罗加堡战役极大地鼓舞了士气,并为大陆军的第一年战争提供了关键的火炮。
Born in Westmoreland County, Virginia, in 1758, Monroe attended the College of William and Mary, fought with distinction in the Continental Army, and practiced law in Fredericksburg, Virginia.
门罗于1758年出生在弗吉尼亚州韦斯特摩兰县。他就读于威廉·玛丽学院,随后光荣地参与了独立战争,后来在弗吉尼亚州弗雷德里克斯堡参政。
He had commanded the Continental Army in America's successful fight for independence from Britain.
Soon after George Washington, a Virginia slaveholder, took command of the Continental army in 1775, blacks were forbidden to serve.
When the Second Continental Congress assembled in Philadelphia in May 1775, Washington, one of the Virginia delegates, was elected Commander in Chief of the Continental Army.
Still, when I think of how hopeless the prospects for the Continental Army appeared that winter in Valley Forge, and yet somehow defeat was averted, it humbles me.
As a leader in the Continental Army who fought shoulder-to-shoulder with men from Europe and America alike, Brigadier General Casimir Pulaski battled to extend the principles that were as dear to him as they are to us -- liberty, equality, and justice for all.
After the first three years of the Revolutionary War, every patriot recognized two men as the greatest warriors and leaders of the time: George Washington commander of the Continental Army, and Benedict Arnold, captor of Fort Ticonderoga, invader of Canada, and victor of the battle of Saratoga.
