1.nominate vt.提名,任命,命名

例句：Trade Unions nominate representatives to public bodies.
      工会指定驻公共机关的代表。

2.convention n.(某一职业、政党等的人士召开的)大会, 集会

例句：At the recent convention a declaration was adopted.
      在最近举行的大会上通过了一项宣言。

3.approve vt.批准,通过;赞成,称许

例句：The firm's directors quickly approved the new idea.
      公司的董事们很快赞同了这个想法。

4.surrender vt. vi.投降

例句：In the end they were forced to surrender.
      最后他们被迫投降了。

      He voluntarily surrendered himself to the police.
      他主动向警方自首。

5.guarantee vt.保证,担保

例句：The students are not guaranteed jobs when they graduate.
      不保证学生毕业时获得工作。

6.peaceable a.温顺的,温和的,和平的

7.amendment n.订正,修正,改正,修正案

例句：My arguments induced him to vote for the amendment.
      我提出理由说服他对修正案投赞成票。

1.By midnight of election day, it was clear that Lincoln had won.

it形式主语

为了整个句子的平衡， 主语从句经常后置， 并用it充当形式主语(此时， that引导的主语从句若不放在句首， 可以省略引导词that)。例如： What she did is not yet known. 她干了什么尚不清楚。// Whoever comes is welcome. 不论谁来都欢迎。// It is a pity (that) we haven’t contacted for ages. 很遗憾， 我们几年没联系了。// It has not been decided where the meeting is to be held. 在哪里开会还没决定。// It doesn’t matter whether she will come or not. 她是否来这无关紧要。

2.And the other would accept war, rather than let it die.

rather than不是，而是

例句：Most thinking is reactive rather than projective.
      思考问题多数情况是被动反应而不是主动想办法。