CHAPTER IV

The dinner at night was informal. Colonel Lee had invited three personalfriends from Washington. He hoped in the touch of the minds of theseleaders to find some relief from the uneasiness with which the readingof Mrs. Stowe's book had shadowed his imagination.
The man about whom he was curious was Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois,the most brilliant figure in the Senate. In the best sense herepresented the national ideal. A Northern man, he had always viewed theopinions and principles of the South with broad sympathy.
The new Senator from Georgia, on the other hand, had made a sensation inthe house as the radical¹ leader of the South. Lee wondered if he were asdangerous a man as the conservative members of the Whig party thought.
Toombs had voted the Whig ticket, but his speeches on the rights of theSouth on the Slavery issues had set him in a class by himself.
Mr. and Mrs. Pryor had spent the night of the dance at Arlington and hadconsented to stay for dinner.
Douglas had captured the young Virginia congressman². And Mrs. Douglashad become an intimate friend of Mrs. Pryor.
When Douglas entered the library and pressed Lee's hand, the masterof Arlington studied him with keen interest. He was easily the mostimpressive figure in American politics. The death of Calhoun and Clayand the sudden passing of Webster had left but one giant on the floor ofthe Senate. They called him the "Little Giant." He was still a giant.
He had sensed the approaching storm of crowd madness and had sought theage-old method of compromise as the safety valve of the nation.
He had not read history in vain. He knew that all statesmanship is therecord of compromise--that compromise is another name for reason. TheDeclaration of Independence was a compromise between the radicalism³ ofThomas Jefferson and the conservatism of the colonies. In the originaldraft of the Declaration, Jefferson had written a paragraph arraigningslavery which had been omitted:
"He (the King of Great Britain) has waged cruel war against human natureitself, violating its most sacred rights of life and liberty in thepersons of a distant people who never offended him; capturing andcarrying them into slavery in another hemisphere, or to incur⁴ miserabledeath in their transportation thither⁵. This piratical warfare⁶, theopprobrium of infidel powers, is the warfare of the _Christian_ Kingof Great Britain. Determined⁷ to keep open a market where men shouldbe bought and sold, he prostituted his negative for suppressing everylegislative attempt to prohibit or restrain this execrable commerce. Andthat this assemblage of horrors might want no fact of distinguished⁸ dye,he is now exciting these very people to rise in arms among us, and topurchase that liberty of which he has deprived them, by murdering thepeople on whom he also obtruded⁹ them; thus paying off former crimescommitted against the liberties of one people with crimes which he urgesthem to commit against the lives of another."This indictment¹⁰ of Slavery and the Slave trade was stricken from theDeclaration of Independence in deference¹¹ to the opposition¹² of bothNorthern and Southern slave owners who held that the struggling youngcolonies must have labor¹³ at all hazards.
Lee knew that the Constitution also was a compromise of conflictinginterests. But for the spirit of compromise--of reason--this instrumentof human progress could never have been created. The word "Slave" or"Slavery" does not occur within it, and yet three of its most importantprovisions established the institution of chattel¹⁴ slavery as the basisof industrial life. The statesmen who wrote the Constitution did notwish these clauses embodied¹⁵ in it. Yet the union could not have beenestablished without them. Our leaders reasoned, and reasoned wisely,that Slavery must perish in the progress of human society, and,therefore, they accepted the compromise.
There has never been a statesman in the history of the world who hasnot used this method of constructive¹⁶ progress. There will never be astatesman who succeeds who can use any other method in dealing¹⁷ withmasses of his fellow men.
Douglas was the coming constructive statesman of the republic and alleyes were being focused on him. His life at the moment was the feveredcenter of the nation's thought. That his ambitions were boundless¹⁸ noone who knew the man doubted. That his patriotism¹⁹ was as genuine and asgreat all knew at last.
Lee studied every feature of his fine face. No eye could miss him inan assemblage of people, no matter how great the numbers. His compactfigure was erect²⁰, aggressive, dominant²¹. A personage, whose sense ofpower came from within, not without. He was master of himself and ofothers. He looked the lion and he was one. The lines of his face werehandsome in the big sense, strong, regular, masculine. He drew youngmen as a magnet. His vitality²² inspired them. His stature²³ was small inheight, measured by inches, but of such dignity, power and magnetismthat he suggested Napoleon.
He smiled into Colonel Lee's face and his smile lighted the room. Everyman and woman present was warmed by it.
Douglas had scarcely greeted Mrs. Lee and passed into an earnestconversation with the young Congressman when Robert Toombs of Georgiaentered.
Toombs had become within two years the successor of John C. Calhoun. Hehad the genius of Calhoun, eloquence²⁴ as passionate²⁵, as resistless;and he had all of Calhoun's weaknesses. He called a spade a spade.
He loathed²⁶ compromise. Three years before he had swept the floor andgalleries of the House with a burst of impassioned eloquence that hadmade him a national figure.
Lifting his magnificent head he had cried:
"I do not hesitate to avow²⁷ before this House and the Country, and inthe presence of the living God, that if by your legislation you seek todrive us from the Territory of California and New Mexico, purchasedby the blood of Southern white people, and to abolish Slavery in theDistrict of Columbia, thereby²⁸ attempting to fix a national degradationupon half the States of this Confederacy, _I am for disunion_. TheTerritories are the common property of the United States. You are theircommon agents; it is your duty while they are in the Territorial²⁹ stateto remove all impediments to their free enjoyment³⁰ by both sections--theslave holder³¹ and the non-slave holder!"He was the man of iron will, of passionate convictions. He might lead arevolution. He could not compromise.
His rapidly growing power was an ominous³² thing in the history of theSouth. Lee studied his face with increasing fascination³³.
In this gathering³⁴ no man or woman thought of wealth as the source ofpower or end of life. No one spoke³⁵ of it. Office, rank, position,talent, beauty, charm, personality--these things alone could count.
These men and women _lived_. They did not merely exist. They were makingthe history of the world and yet they refused to rush through life.
Their souls demanded hours of repose³⁶, of thought, of joy and they tookthem.
Toombs' pocket was stuffed with a paper-backed edition of a French play.
It was his habit to read them in the original with keen enjoyment inmoments of leisure. The hum of social life filled the room and strifewas forgotten. Douglas and Toombs were boys again and Lee was theircompanion.
Mary Lee managed to avoid Stuart and took her seat beside PhilSheridan--not to tease her admirer but to give to her Western guestthe warmest welcome of the old South. She knew the dinner would be arevelation to Phil and she would enjoy his appreciation³⁷.
The long table groaned³⁸ under the luxuries of the season. Coursesucceeded course, cooked with a delicate skill unknown to the world ofto-day. The oysters³⁹, fresh, fat, luscious⁴⁰, were followed by diamond-backterrapin stew⁴² as a soup.
Phil tasted it and whispered to his fair young hostess.
"Miss Mary, what is this I'm eating?""Don't you like it?""I never expected to taste it on earth. I've only dreamed about it onhigh.""It's only terrapin⁴¹ stew. We serve it as a soup.""The angels made it.""No, Aunt Hannah.""I won't take it back. Angels only could brew⁴³ this soup."The terrapin was followed by old Virginia ham and turnip⁴⁴ greens. Andthen came the turkey with chestnut⁴⁵ stuffing and jellies. The long table,flashing with old china and silver, held the staples⁴⁶ of ham and turkeyas ornaments⁴⁷ as well as dainties for the palate. The real delicacieswere served later, the ducks which Doyle had sent the Colonel, and plateafter plate of little, brown, juicy birds called sora, so tender andtoothsome they could be eaten bones and all.
When Phil wound up with cakes and custards, apples, pears and nuts fromthe orchard⁴⁸ and fields, his mind was swimming in a dream of luxury. Andover it all the spirit of true hospitality brooded. A sense of home andreality as intimate, as genuine as if he sat beside his mother's chairin the little cottage in Ohio.
"Lord save me," he breathed. "If I stay here long I'll have but onehope, to own a plantation⁴⁹ and a home like this--"Toombs sat on Lee's right and Douglas on his left. Mr. and Mrs. Pryoroccupied the places of honor beside Mrs. Lee.
The Colonel's keen eye studied Douglas with untiring patience. To hisrising star, the man who loved the union, was drawn⁵⁰ as by a magnet.
Toombs, the Whig, belonged to his own Party, the aristocracy of brainsand the inheritors of the right to leadership. He was studying Toombswith growing misgivings⁵¹. He dreaded⁵² the radicalism within the heart ofthe Southern Whig.
His eye rested on Sam, serving the food as assistant butler in Ben'sabsence. In the kink of his hair, the bulge⁵³ of his smiling lips, thespread of his nostrils⁵⁴, the whites of his rolling eyes, he sawthe Slave. He saw the mystery, the brooding horror, the bafflinguncertainty, the insoluble problem of such a man within a democracy ofself-governing freemen. He stood bowing and smiling over his guests, inshape a man. And yet in racial development a million years behind thewit and intelligence of the two leaders at his side.
Over this dusky figure, from the dawn of American history our fathershad wrangled⁵⁵ and compromised. More than once he had threatened to divideor destroy the union. Reason and the compromises of great minds hadsaved us. In Sam he saw this grinning skeleton at his feast.
He could depend on the genius of Douglas when the supreme⁵⁶ crisis came.
He felt the quality of his mind tonight. But could Douglas control themob impulse of the North where such appeals as _Uncle Tom's Cabin_ hadgripped the souls of millions and reason no longer ruled life?
There was the rub.
There was no question of the genius of Douglas. The question was couldany leadership count if the mob, not the man, became our real ruler? Thetask of Douglas was to hold the fanatic⁵⁷ of the North while he soothedthe passions of the radical of the South. Henry Clay had succeeded. But_Uncle Tom's Cabin_ had not been written in his day.
Toombs was becoming a firebrand. His eloquence was doing in the Southwhat Mrs. Stowe's novel was doing in the North--preparing the soil forrevolution--planting gunpowder⁵⁸ under the foundations of society.
Could these forces yet be controlled or were they already beyondcontrol?

1 radical   

n.激进份子，原子团，根号；adj.根本的，激进的，彻底的

参考例句：

• The patient got a radical cure in the hospital.病人在医院得到了根治。
• She is radical in her demands.她的要求十分偏激。

2 Congressman   

n.（美）国会议员

参考例句：

• He related several anecdotes about his first years as a congressman.他讲述自己初任议员那几年的几则轶事。
• The congressman is meditating a reply to his critics.这位国会议员正在考虑给他的批评者一个答复。

3 radicalism   

n. 急进主义, 根本的改革主义

参考例句：

• His radicalism and refusal to compromise isolated him. 他的激进主义与拒绝妥协使他受到孤立。
• Education produced intellectual ferment and the temptations of radicalism. 教育带来知识界的骚动，促使激进主义具有了吸引力。

4 incur   

vt.招致，蒙受，遭遇

参考例句：

• Any costs that you incur will be reimbursed in full.你的所有花费都将全额付还。
• An enterprise has to incur certain costs and expenses in order to stay in business.一个企业为了维持营业,就不得不承担一定的费用和开支。

5 thither   

adv.向那里；adj.在那边的，对岸的

参考例句：

• He wandered hither and thither looking for a playmate.他逛来逛去找玩伴。
• He tramped hither and thither.他到处流浪。

6 warfare   

n.战争(状态)；斗争；冲突

参考例句：

• He addressed the audience on the subject of atomic warfare.他向听众演讲有关原子战争的问题。
• Their struggle consists mainly in peasant guerrilla warfare.他们的斗争主要是农民游击战。

7 determined   

adj.坚定的；有决心的

参考例句：

• I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
• He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。

8 distinguished   

adj.卓越的，杰出的，著名的

参考例句：

• Elephants are distinguished from other animals by their long noses.大象以其长长的鼻子显示出与其他动物的不同。
• A banquet was given in honor of the distinguished guests.宴会是为了向贵宾们致敬而举行的。

9 obtruded   

v.强行向前，强行，强迫( obtrude的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Music from the next room obtruded upon his thoughts. 隔壁的音乐声打扰了他的思绪。
• Not a leaf stirred; not a sound obtruded upon great Nature's meditation. 树叶儿一动也不动，没有任何声音打扰大自然的酣眠。 来自英汉文学 - 汤姆历险

10 indictment   

n.起诉；诉状

参考例句：

• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。
• They issued an indictment against them.他们起诉了他们。

11 deference   

n.尊重，顺从；敬意

参考例句：

• Do you treat your parents and teachers with deference?你对父母师长尊敬吗？
• The major defect of their work was deference to authority.他们的主要缺陷是趋从权威。

12 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

13 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

14 chattel   

n.动产；奴隶

参考例句：

• They were slaves,to be bought and sold as chattels.他们是奴隶，将被作为财产买卖。
• A house is not a chattel.房子不是动产。

15 embodied   

v.表现( embody的过去式和过去分词 )；象征；包括；包含

参考例句：

• a politician who embodied the hopes of black youth 代表黑人青年希望的政治家
• The heroic deeds of him embodied the glorious tradition of the troops. 他的英雄事迹体现了军队的光荣传统。 来自《简明英汉词典》

16 constructive   

adj.建设的，建设性的

参考例句：

• We welcome constructive criticism.我们乐意接受有建设性的批评。
• He is beginning to deal with his anger in a constructive way.他开始用建设性的方法处理自己的怒气。

17 dealing   

n.经商方法，待人态度

参考例句：

• This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
• His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。

18 boundless   

adj.无限的；无边无际的；巨大的

参考例句：

• The boundless woods were sleeping in the deep repose of nature.无边无际的森林在大自然静寂的怀抱中酣睡着。
• His gratitude and devotion to the Party was boundless.他对党无限感激、无限忠诚。

19 patriotism   

n.爱国精神，爱国心，爱国主义

参考例句：

• His new book is a demonstration of his patriotism.他写的新书是他的爱国精神的证明。
• They obtained money under the false pretenses of patriotism.他们以虚伪的爱国主义为借口获得金钱。

20 erect   

n./v.树立，建立，使竖立；adj.直立的，垂直的

参考例句：

• She held her head erect and her back straight.她昂着头，把背挺得笔直。
• Soldiers are trained to stand erect.士兵们训练站得笔直。

21 dominant   

adj.支配的，统治的；占优势的；显性的；n.主因，要素，主要的人(或物)；显性基因

参考例句：

• The British were formerly dominant in India.英国人从前统治印度。
• She was a dominant figure in the French film industry.她在法国电影界是个举足轻重的人物。

22 vitality   

n.活力，生命力，效力

参考例句：

• He came back from his holiday bursting with vitality and good health.他度假归来之后，身强体壮，充满活力。
• He is an ambitious young man full of enthusiasm and vitality.他是个充满热情与活力的有远大抱负的青年。

23 stature   

n.（高度）水平，（高度）境界，身高，身材

参考例句：

• He is five feet five inches in stature.他身高5英尺5英寸。
• The dress models are tall of stature.时装模特儿的身材都较高。

24 eloquence   

n.雄辩；口才，修辞

参考例句：

• I am afraid my eloquence did not avail against the facts.恐怕我的雄辩也无补于事实了。
• The people were charmed by his eloquence.人们被他的口才迷住了。

25 passionate   

adj.热情的，热烈的，激昂的，易动情的，易怒的，性情暴躁的

参考例句：

• He is said to be the most passionate man.据说他是最有激情的人。
• He is very passionate about the project.他对那个项目非常热心。

26 loathed   

v.憎恨，厌恶( loathe的过去式和过去分词 )；极不喜欢

参考例句：

• Baker loathed going to this red-haired young pup for supplies. 面包师傅不喜欢去这个红头发的自负的傻小子那里拿原料。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Therefore, above all things else, he loathed his miserable self! 因此，他厌恶不幸的自我尤胜其它！ 来自英汉文学 - 红字

27 avow   

v.承认，公开宣称

参考例句：

• I must avow that I am innocent.我要公开声明我是无罪的。
• The senator was forced to avow openly that he had received some money from that company.那个参议员被迫承认曾经收过那家公司的一些钱。

28 thereby   

adv.因此，从而

参考例句：

• I have never been to that city,,ereby I don't know much about it.我从未去过那座城市，因此对它不怎么熟悉。
• He became a British citizen,thereby gaining the right to vote.他成了英国公民，因而得到了投票权。

29 territorial   

adj.领土的，领地的

参考例句：

• The country is fighting to preserve its territorial integrity.该国在为保持领土的完整而进行斗争。
• They were not allowed to fish in our territorial waters.不允许他们在我国领海捕鱼。

30 enjoyment   

n.乐趣；享有；享用

参考例句：

• Your company adds to the enjoyment of our visit. 有您的陪同，我们这次访问更加愉快了。
• After each joke the old man cackled his enjoyment.每逢讲完一个笑话，这老人就呵呵笑着表示他的高兴。

31 holder   

n.持有者，占有者；(台，架等)支持物

参考例句：

• The holder of the office of chairman is reponsible for arranging meetings.担任主席职位的人负责安排会议。
• That runner is the holder of the world record for the hundred-yard dash.那位运动员是一百码赛跑世界纪录的保持者。

32 ominous   

adj.不祥的，不吉的，预兆的，预示的

参考例句：

• Those black clouds look ominous for our picnic.那些乌云对我们的野餐来说是个不祥之兆。
• There was an ominous silence at the other end of the phone.电话那头出现了不祥的沉默。

33 fascination   

n.令人着迷的事物，魅力，迷恋

参考例句：

• He had a deep fascination with all forms of transport.他对所有的运输工具都很着迷。
• His letters have been a source of fascination to a wide audience.广大观众一直迷恋于他的来信。

34 gathering   

n.集会，聚会，聚集

参考例句：

• He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
• He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。

35 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

36 repose   

v.(使)休息；n.安息

参考例句：

• Don't disturb her repose.不要打扰她休息。
• Her mouth seemed always to be smiling,even in repose.她的嘴角似乎总是挂着微笑，即使在睡眠时也是这样。

37 appreciation   

n.评价；欣赏；感谢；领会，理解；价格上涨

参考例句：

• I would like to express my appreciation and thanks to you all.我想对你们所有人表达我的感激和谢意。
• I'll be sending them a donation in appreciation of their help.我将送给他们一笔捐款以感谢他们的帮助。

38 groaned   

v.呻吟( groan的过去式和过去分词 )；发牢骚；抱怨；受苦

参考例句：

• He groaned in anguish. 他痛苦地呻吟。
• The cart groaned under the weight of the piano. 大车在钢琴的重压下嘎吱作响。 来自《简明英汉词典》

39 oysters   

牡蛎( oyster的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• We don't have oysters tonight, but the crayfish are very good. 我们今晚没有牡蛎供应。但小龙虾是非常好。
• She carried a piping hot grill of oysters and bacon. 她端出一盘滚烫的烤牡蛎和咸肉。

40 luscious   

adj.美味的；芬芳的；肉感的，引与性欲的

参考例句：

• The watermelon was very luscious.Everyone wanted another slice.西瓜很可口，每个人都想再来一片。
• What I like most about Gabby is her luscious lips!我最喜欢的是盖比那性感饱满的双唇！

41 terrapin   

n.泥龟；鳖

参考例句：

• The diamondback terrapin in this undated photo has two heads.这张未标日期的图片上的钻纹龟有两个头。
• He also owns a two-headed goat,a two-headed terrapin and the world's only living three-headed turtle.他还拥有双头山羊、淡水龟，以及世上现存唯一的三头乌龟。

42 stew   

n.炖汤，焖，烦恼；v.炖汤，焖，忧虑

参考例句：

• The stew must be boiled up before serving.炖肉必须煮熟才能上桌。
• There's no need to get in a stew.没有必要烦恼。

43 brew   

v.酿造，调制

参考例句：

• Let's brew up some more tea.咱们沏些茶吧。
• The policeman dispelled the crowd lest they should brew trouble.警察驱散人群，因恐他们酿祸。

44 turnip   

n.萝卜，芜菁

参考例句：

• The turnip provides nutrition for you.芜菁为你提供营养。
• A turnip is a root vegetable.芜菁是根茎类植物。

45 chestnut   

n.栗树，栗子

参考例句：

• We have a chestnut tree in the bottom of our garden.我们的花园尽头有一棵栗树。
• In summer we had tea outdoors,under the chestnut tree.夏天我们在室外栗树下喝茶。

46 staples   

n.（某国的）主要产品( staple的名词复数 )；钉书钉；U 形钉；主要部份v.用钉书钉钉住( staple的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• The anvil onto which the staples are pressed was not assemble correctly. 订书机上的铁砧安装错位。 来自辞典例句
• I'm trying to make an analysis of the staples of his talk. 我在试行分析他的谈话的要旨。 来自辞典例句

47 ornaments   

n.装饰( ornament的名词复数 )；点缀；装饰品；首饰v.装饰，点缀，美化( ornament的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• The shelves were chock-a-block with ornaments. 架子上堆满了装饰品。
• Playing the piano sets up resonance in those glass ornaments. 一弹钢琴那些玻璃饰物就会产生共振。 来自《简明英汉词典》

48 orchard   

n.果园，果园里的全部果树，(美俚)棒球场

参考例句：

• My orchard is bearing well this year.今年我的果园果实累累。
• Each bamboo house was surrounded by a thriving orchard.每座竹楼周围都是茂密的果园。

49 plantation   

n.种植园，大农场

参考例句：

• His father-in-law is a plantation manager.他岳父是个种植园经营者。
• The plantation owner has possessed himself of a vast piece of land.这个种植园主把大片土地占为己有。

50 drawn   

v.拖，拉，拔出；adj.憔悴的，紧张的

参考例句：

• All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
• Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。

51 misgivings   

n.疑虑，担忧，害怕；疑虑，担心，恐惧( misgiving的名词复数 )；疑惧

参考例句：

• I had grave misgivings about making the trip. 对于这次旅行我有过极大的顾虑。
• Don't be overtaken by misgivings and fear. Just go full stream ahead! 不要瞻前顾后， 畏首畏尾。甩开膀子干吧！ 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

52 dreaded   

adj.令人畏惧的；害怕的v.害怕，恐惧，担心( dread的过去式和过去分词)

参考例句：

• The dreaded moment had finally arrived. 可怕的时刻终于来到了。
• He dreaded having to spend Christmas in hospital. 他害怕非得在医院过圣诞节不可。 来自《用法词典》

53 bulge   

n.突出，膨胀，激增；vt.突出，膨胀

参考例句：

• The apple made a bulge in his pocket.苹果把他口袋塞得鼓了起来。
• What's that awkward bulge in your pocket?你口袋里那块鼓鼓囊囊的东西是什么？

54 nostrils   

鼻孔( nostril的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Her nostrils flared with anger. 她气得两个鼻孔都鼓了起来。
• The horse dilated its nostrils. 马张大鼻孔。

55 wrangled   

v.争吵，争论，口角( wrangle的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• They wrangled over what to do next. 他们就接下来该干什么而争吵。 来自辞典例句
• They wrangled and rowed with other passengers. 他们与其他旅客争辨吵闹。 来自辞典例句

56 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

57 fanatic   

n.狂热者，入迷者；adj.狂热入迷的

参考例句：

• Alexander is a football fanatic.亚历山大是个足球迷。
• I am not a religious fanatic but I am a Christian.我不是宗教狂热分子，但我是基督徒。

58 gunpowder   

n.火药

参考例句：

• Gunpowder was introduced into Europe during the first half of the 14th century.在14世纪上半叶，火药传入欧洲。
• This statement has a strong smell of gunpowder.这是一篇充满火药味的声明。