truce

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truce /truːs/ noun [countableC]

PMPEACE/NO WARan agreement between enemies to stop fighting or arguing for a short time, or the period for which this is arranged 休战，停战（协定）；停止争辩（协议）；停战期 → ceasefire

They agreed to call a truce.

他们同意宣布休战。

truce with/between

There was an uneasy truce between Alex and Dave over dinner.

晚饭时，亚历克斯和戴夫暂时休战。

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truce• It must have been a truce.• Three years of war followed, ended by a truce.• I mean, why don't we call a truce, eh?• The two sides have been unable to negotiate a truce.• Both sides agreed on a truce during New Year celebrations.• a truce between the rival Christian forces• Ambulances and stretcher-bearers moved about the field-staying close, however, to the Union lines, for no truce existed.• The rebels have ended a 17-month-old truce, and could strike at any time.• So much for the truce, painstakingly pieced together by Bill Clinton and his unique brand of insomnia diplomacy.• The truce of Tours marked the beginning of another brief phase of diplomacy.

call a truce• Round about the Elephant and Castle I decided to call a truce and talk to him.• For that at Olympia, the oldest and most prestigious, it was customary for cities at war to call a truce.• I mean, why don't we call a truce, eh?• Why don't we call a truce, start again?

Origin truce

(1300-1400) Plural of true “agreement” ((14-17 centuries)), from Old English treow “keeping of a promise”

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