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单词 bury the hatchet
释义
bury the hatchet
/ ?beri e? ?h?t??t /
/ ?beri e? ?h?t??t /
  • 简明释义
  • 化干戈为玉帛:指结束争斗,和解,停止敌对。
  • 英英释义
  • abstract:
    • 1

      Bury the hatchet is an American English colloquialism meaning "to make peace." The phrase is an allusion to the figurative or literal practice of putting away the tomahawk at the cessation of hostilities among or by Native Americans in the Eastern United States, specifically concerning the formation of the Iroquois Confederacy and in Iroquois custom in general.

  • 权威例句
  • 1.

    Imagine how much better we would be at burying the hatchet if we made a conscious effort to address the situation constructively rather than ignoring the elephant in the room.

    FORBES: Get Face to Face to Get Over It

  • 2.

    And if Fatah is carrying them out, its leaders may be using them to show Hamas that they are serious about burying the hatchet with the Palestinian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood.

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Understanding the third terror war

  • 3.

    Not that we were ever that optimistic about peace breaking out in the war between HD-DVD and Blu-ray, the two rival high-def disc formats that are duking it out over which one is going to succeed the DVD, but you can forget about whatever Sony was saying in recent weeks about being open to burying the hatchet and working to develop a single standard.

    ENGADGET: Sony says no to Blu-ray/HD-DVD compromise

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