1.dismissal n.解雇, 免职, 开除

例句：wrongful dismissal
      不公允的解雇

      The dismissal of five workmen caused a strike.
      开除五个工人引起了罢工。

2.rebellion n.对政府的(尤指武装)反抗; 造反; （对权威的）反抗, 不服从

例句：The next year they rose up in rebellion.
      第二年他们就揭竿起义了。

背叛行为, 谋反, 叛乱, 反叛

例句：The next year they rose up in rebellion.
      第二年他们就揭竿起义了。

3.amendment n.（法律、文件的）改动，修正案，修改，修订

例句：The amendment was rejected by 207 voters to 143.
      这项修正案以207票对143票被否决。

4.cooperate vi.合作; 配合, 协助

例句：We hope we can cooperate even more closely in the future.
      希望我们今后能更加密切地合作。

5.sympathy n.同情,赞同,同感,慰问,吊唁

例句：Although I pity him, my sympathies are with his family.
      虽然我认为他可悲, 但我还是同情他的家人。

1.Soon, all but three southern states had new legislatures.

all but几乎, 差不多

例句：She all but fainted when she heard the news.
      听到那消息, 她差点晕过去。

除了…之外(都)

例句：All but one of the passengers were killed in the accident.
      除了一个乘客外, 其他人都在这起事故中丧生。

2.White landowners broke up their big farms into smaller pieces of land.

break up结束

例句：The party breaks up and the neighbors hurry home.
      宴会就此结束, 邻居们匆匆地赶回家去。

(使)破碎, 分解

例句：The specs fell on the cement floor and broke up.
      眼镜掉在水泥地上破掉了。