历史: history...
对象: target, object, partner, boyfriend, girlfriend...
看样子: it seems, it looks as if...
发动: to start, to launch, to unleash, to mobilize, to arouse...
寻求: to seek, to look for...
西: west...
广: wide, numerous, to spread...
冬季: winter...
事态: situation, existing state of affairs...
照办: to follow the rules, to do as instructed, to play by the book, to comply with a request...