加拿大历史

pretty much 几乎
not so much A as B 与其说是A不如说是B。 Canada was not so much as an isolated country as an isolated colony.
Canada would become a nation, eventually, under its own steam.
It was a repudiation of a senile Conservative administration. 这是对老朽的保守政府的批判。
atavistic animosity.   祖传的敌意。
a series of ingenious, and onerous, burdens. 一系列巧妙而沉重的负担。
He prescribed railways.  他使用铁路作为办法。
He was neither enamoured of private railway companies nor afraid of public regulation. 他既不迷恋私营铁路公司，也不怕公共监管。
That was too tangled a web for the voters to unravel.
as far as be concerned
preferential duties
the requisite contingent
knighthood
proclaim
ignorant
toy with
go around
chartering a ship
the precarious politics
irascible