| 词汇 | truce |
| 释义 | truce noun[ C ] uk /truːs/ us /truːs/ a short interruption in a war or argument, or an agreement to stop fighting or arguing for a period of time: 讲和（协议）;休战，停战（协定） After years of rivalry the two companies have agreed (USagreed to) a truce.经过多年的竞争，两家公司同意握手言和。 We've got to spend the weekend together, so we might as well call(= have) a truce.我们必须呆在一起过周末，所以最好还是讲和。 Following last month's riots, two of the city's biggest gangs have finally declared a truce, ending years of bloodshed.上个月火并之后，这座城市的两大帮派最终宣布停战，从而结束了多年的杀戮。 The fragile truce between the two sides is not expected to last long.预计双方脆弱的停战协定不会持久。 Compare armistice Stopping fighting anti-militarist anti-militaristic armistice arms beat/turn swords into ploughsharesidiom demilitarize demilitarized zone DMZ drawdown fall fall back lay neutral zone non-combat pacification pacify pull surrender sword You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Peace truce | American Dictionarytruce noun[ C ] us/trus/ a temporary agreement to stop fighting or arguing, or a brief interruption in a disagreement: We seemed to be arguing so much, we have declared a truce in my family. Examples of trucetruce But no one can predict how long the truce will last. Today however there is a practical truce between old and new theories - and professionalism is the tie that binds. His priority was a truce leading to radical reform. Two months after the accord came into effect, the military and government officials began to voice their pessimism on the truce. I renew my call for a truce between descriptivists and prescriptivists, but it can't work without civility and integrity on both sides. As long as this is so, a truce seems unlikely. The truce was based on present possession. This changed again after the 1921 truce, when politics came up from underground, and in 1922 and 1923, when most male activists were interned or on the run. What it got instead was an uneasy truce + a truce that could fall apart with alarming speed, and with far-reaching consequences for the system's long-term stability. Washington's methods not only provoked disdain among some radicals, they also robbed him of crucial allies and prevented the establishment of a truce between the two camps. Their deadly purpose is undeterred and unaffected by armistices and truces, preserving indefinitely the bitterness and the fear of the strife of the past. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 For some years an uneasy truce, broken by border incidents, has existed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Will breakers of the truce be punished in this case, and, if so, what punishment will be meted out? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are considering what form of truce or corridors of tranquillity would be of most help to the humanitarian efforts and agreeable to all concerned. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English I have no illusions that we will solve it now; our short-term aim is to achieve a truce and a cessation of hostilities. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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