Lincoln asked him to be head of the army when General Winfield Scott retired.

林肯要求他担任陆军司令。

President Van Buren sent General Winfield Scott to Maine. Scott was able to get the governor to withdraw his forces from the disputed area.

总统范布伦派温菲尔德·斯科特将军前往缅因州，斯科特让州长下令从争议地区撤军。

President James Buchanan sent General Winfield Scott to San Juan Island to calm the situation.

詹姆斯·布坎南总统派温菲尔德·斯科特将军前往圣胡安岛平息局势。

He then won a big victory in the general election over the candidate of the Whig Party, General Winfield Scott. One of Pierce's friends, the writer Nathaniel Hawthorne, helped him with his campaign.

随后，他在大选中战胜了辉格党候选人温菲尔德·斯科特将军。皮尔斯的一位朋友，作家纳撒尼尔·霍桑，在竞选中给予他帮助。

The Democrats, with Franklin Pierce as their leader, swept the country against the war hero, General Winfield Scott, on whom the Whigs had staked their hopes.

以富兰克林·皮尔斯为领袖的民主党席卷全国，反对战争英雄温菲尔德·斯科特将军，辉格党寄予厚望。

The Army chief, General [Winfield] Scott, warned Lincoln that it was too late to get supplies to Fort Sumter. He said southern defenses around the fort were so strong that a major military effort would be necessary.

陆军总司令温菲尔德·斯科特将军警告林肯，现在向萨姆特堡提供补给为时已晚。他说，要塞周围的南方防御力量非常强大，需要进行大规模的军事行动。

Both failed, but Lee felt his failure more sensibly, so that he gladly seized the chance of escape by accepting a commission offered him by General Winfield Scott in the force then being organized against the Mormons.

两人都失败了，但李更清楚地感受到了自己的失败，因此他很高兴地抓住了逃跑的机会，接受了当时正在组织对抗摩门教徒的部队中的温菲尔德·斯科特将军给他的委托。