spanish-american war

基本解释

It was invented by Richard J. Gatling during the American Civil War, and later used in the Spanish-American War, but was supplanted by advanced weaponry soon after.
美国独立战争期间，理查德 J. 盖特发明了这款武器，之后在美西战争中得到使用，但是，后来被更先进的武器所取代。
For most of the 20th century, after defeat in the Spanish-American war of 1898 (known in Spain as “the disaster”), everybody's favourite topic was “the problem of Spain”.
在1898年美西战争落败后（这次失败在西班牙被认为是一场灾难），20世纪的大部分时间里，西班牙人最热衷的话题是“西班牙的问题”。
The war in Afghanistan will consume more money this year alone than we spent on the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the Mexican-American War, the Civil War and the Spanish-American War — combined.
今年单就花在阿富汗战争中的军费都已超过美国历史上数场大战花费的总和，它们包括美国独立战争，1812年的英美战争，美墨战争，美国南北战争以及美西战争。

This week in our series, Doug Johnson and Steve Ember continue the story of President William McKinley and the Spanish-American War.
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The Spanish-American War took place in the late eighteen hundreds during the administration of President William McKinley.

Just the opposite was true of the Spanish-American War, which broke out five years later.
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the war between the US and Spain (1898) resulting in Spain's withdrawal from Cuba and its cession of Guam, the Philippines, and Puerto Rico 1898