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单词 truce
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truce
noun[C]
uk
/truːs/us
/truːs/
ashortinterruptionin awarorargument, or anagreementtostopfightingorarguingfor aperiodoftime:
讲和（协议）；休战，停战（协定）
Afteryearsofrivalrythe twocompanieshaveagreed(USagreedto) a truce.经过多年的竞争，两家公司同意握手言和。
We've got tospendtheweekendtogether, so we might as wellcall(= 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'sriots, two of the city'sbiggestgangshavefinallydeclareda truce,endingyearsofbloodshed.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。
Thefragiletrucebetweenthe twosidesis notexpectedto lastlong.预计双方脆弱的停战协定不会持久。
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armistice
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Stopping fighting
  • anti-militarist
  • anti-militaristic
  • armistice
  • beat/turn swords into ploughsharesidiom
  • ceasefire
  • demilitarization
  • demilitarize
  • fall
  • fall back
  • lay
  • laysomethingdown
  • non-combat
  • pacification
  • pacify
  • pull
  • pull back
  • pullout
  • surrender
  • sword

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(Definition oftrucefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

truce| American Dictionary

truce
noun[C]
us
/trus/
atemporaryagreementtostopfightingorarguing, or abriefinterruptionin adisagreement:
Weseemedto bearguingso much, we havedeclareda truce in myfamily.
(Definition oftrucefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftruce

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But no one can predict how long thetrucewill last.
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Today however there is a practicaltrucebetween old and new theories - and professionalism is the tie that binds.
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His priority was atruceleading to radical reform.
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Two months after the accord came into effect, the military and government officials began to voice their pessimism on thetruce.
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I renew my call for atrucebetween descriptivists and prescriptivists, but it can't work without civility and integrity on both sides.
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As long as this is so, atruceseems unlikely.
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Thetrucewas based on present possession.
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This changed again after the 1921truce, when politics came up from underground, and in 1922 and 1923, when most male activists were interned or on the run.
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What it got instead was an uneasytruce+ atrucethat could fall apart with alarming speed, and with far-reaching consequences for the system's long-term stability.
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Washington's methods not only provoked disdain among some radicals, they also robbed him of crucial allies and prevented the establishment of atrucebetween the two camps.
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Their deadly purpose is undeterred and unaffected by armistices and truces, preserving indefinitely the bitterness and the fear of the strife of the past.
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For some years an uneasytruce, broken by border incidents, has existed.
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Will breakers of thetrucebe punished in this case, and, if so, what punishment will be meted out?
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We are considering what form oftruceor corridors of tranquillity would be of most help to the humanitarian efforts and agreeable to all concerned.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
I have no illusions that we will solve it now; our short-term aim is to achieve atruceand a cessation of hostilities.
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