1.extremely ad. 极端地,非常地,很

例句：He is extremely suspicious of all his neighbors.
      他对所有的邻居都满腹狐疑。

2.hostile a. 怀敌意的,敌对的

例句：They have hostile sentiments towards us.
       他们对我们怀有敌意。

3.speedy a. 快的,迅速的

例句：His fidelity and industry brought him speedy promotion.
       他的尽职及勤奋使他很快地得到晋升。

4.withdraw v. 撤退,离开，取款

例句：He has decided to withdraw from the competition.
      他已决定退出竞赛。

5.convention n.大会,会议;公约,协定;习俗,惯例;习俗,惯例

例句：The Republican national convention was held in Houston.
       共和党全国代表大会在休斯顿举行。

1.Years of disagreement between the North and the South finally burst into civil war in April of eighteen sixty-one.

burst into 闯入,开出,突然出现

例句：He burst into a fit of laughter.
      他突然大笑起来。

2.Before marching away, the soldiers set fire to the gun factory and arsenal.

set fire to点燃,使燃烧,使着火

例句：I believe the house was deliberately set fire to.
      我认为有人蓄意放火烧这幢房子。

3.He did not want the state to secede. Nor did he want it to remain neutral.

以neither与nor开头的句子，表示“…也不”时，句子倒装。Neither 与nor 意思相同，可以互换。Neither, nor 用于否定句，通常指前面所说的否定情况也适用于其他人或物。结构是：Neither (nor) + be (do, have, 其他助动词或情态动词) +主语。
例如：
I won’t do such a thing. Nor/Neither will anyone else.
我不会做这样的事，别人也不会。
The first one wasn’t good and neither was the second.
第一个不好，第二个也不好。