英语词汇splendid little war的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	splendid little war
词源	splendid little war. A name President William McKinley’s secretary of state, John Hay, invented for the U.S. war against Spain, best known as the Spanish-American War (1898). The war only lasted from late April until mid-August, and the U.S. was victorious.
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