I have recently acquired a taste for olives.我最近开始喜欢吃橄榄了。 to obtainsthby buying or being given it购得;获得;得到: The company has just acquired new premises.公司刚购得新办公楼。 I’ve suddenly acquired a stepbrother.我突然有了一个继兄弟。 attainvt通过努力)获得;达到(目的);完成(...
. Nixon was compelled to resign in 1974 after the House voted several articles of impeachment and his successor Gerald Ford ignited a firestorm by pardoning him. Democrats swept into Congress in huge numbers in 1974 in the scandal's wake and Jimmy Carter, who promised the American people he ...
Arthur Meighen, took office, but was unseated by Mackenzie King, a liberal who governed Canada for most of the decade. Women gained the right to vote but struggled with discrimination and unfair wages. Men retained the advantage for decent jobs. With the war over, Canadian military forces disc...
knights and nobles; in return, the wealthy landowners promised to protect the peasants from foreign invaders. Each family paid for its land lease with the goods and services it produced. The manor