the family in America originally bore the name Van Roosevelt, "of the field of roses," descriptive of their estates in Holland. Claes Martenszen Van Rosenvelt, born August 1649, emigrated to New Amsterdam. His son (1653) and all his descendants dropped the "Van." Related: Rooseveltian.
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1. The victory inspired him to dispatch a gleeful telegram to Roosevelt.
勝利促使他給羅斯福發(fā)了封喜報。
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2. This is one of the branches of the Roosevelt family.
這是羅斯福家族的一個支系。
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3. Roosevelt was defiant in the face of the bad news.
對這個壞消息，羅斯福毫不理會。
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4. Roosevelt occasionally attempted to circumvent him.
羅斯福偶爾會試圖避開他。
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5. Roosevelt was elected four times to the presidency of the United States.