英语词汇remember the maine的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

Remember the Maine! Relations with Spain were already strained when the U.S.S. Maine docked at Havana, Cuba, on a courtesy call, although no trouble was expected. Then, at 9:58 p.m. on February 15, 1898, the ship suddenly exploded, killing 258 crew members. Spanish boats in the harbor helped rescue many of the survivors, and the dead were buried in a Havana cemetery. The cause of the explosion is not clear, and while Spanish authorities attributed it to an internal malfunction, an American panel announced that it was caused by a mine. “Re- member the Maine” became a rallying cry in jingoist newspa- pers, helping to ignite the Spanish-American War some two months later. See let’s roll.

词汇	remember the maine
词源	Remember the Maine! Relations with Spain were already strained when the U.S.S. Maine docked at Havana, Cuba, on a courtesy call, although no trouble was expected. Then, at 9:58 p.m. on February 15, 1898, the ship suddenly exploded, killing 258 crew members. Spanish boats in the harbor helped rescue many of the survivors, and the dead were buried in a Havana cemetery. The cause of the explosion is not clear, and while Spanish authorities attributed it to an internal malfunction, an American panel announced that it was caused by a mine. “Re- member the Maine” became a rallying cry in jingoist newspa- pers, helping to ignite the Spanish-American War some two months later. See let’s roll.
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