He had been obliged to join the army during the Second World War.
年龄比他两个弟弟大很多，第二次世界大战期间被迫参军。
新概念英语第三册
Lesson 30 The death of a ghost
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
vt.& vi. 连接;联结;加入;参加;
vt. 结合;参与;上（火车、飞机等）;上（路）;
n. 连接;结合;接合处;接合点;
💡 join(join)→连接；加入；联合
"to join the Brownies"
加入幼女童军
近义：league, associate, merge, partner, unite, affiliate
反义：part, secede, split, isolate, segregate, sever
n. 军队;陆军;团体;野战军;
💡 arm 武器
"The police had backup from the army."
警方得到了军方的增援。
近义：legion, levy, military, militia, posse, battalion
n. 秒;瞬间;次货;第二份食物;
adj. 第二的;次要的;居第二位的;另外的;
adv. 第二;其次;以第二位;
vt. 支持;临时调派;附议;赞成提案;
💡 sec跟随+ond=one第一→跟随第一个之后→第二；秒
"She was in the second year of her apprenticeship as a carpenter."
她当木工学徒已是第二年了。
近义：back, backstop, reinforce, support, advocate, endorse
反义：oppose, confront, contradict, counter, fence
n. 世界;地球;领域;尘世;
💡 一句（l）话（word）讲出 世界的本质
"In a world that had suddenly become alien and dangerous, he was her only security."
在一个突然变得陌生而危险的世界里，他是她唯一的守护神。
近义：humanity, civilisation, civilization, orb, earth, globe
a. 感激的；有责任的；必须的
近义：indispensable, astricted, necessary, needful, obligated, obligatory
反义：intentional, premeditated, purposive, spontaneous, wilful, willful