外部链接:    leo英德   dict有道 百度搜索百度 google谷歌 google图片 wiki维基 百度百科百科   

 truce [tru:s]   添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 停战, 休战

vi. 停战, 休止

vt. 以休战结束

[法] 停战, 休战, 停止争执




    truce
    [ noun ]
    a state of peace agreed to between opponents so they can discuss peace terms
    <noun.state>


    Truce \Truce\, n. [OE. trewes, triwes, treowes, pl. of trewe a
    truce, properly, pledge of fidelity, truth, AS. tre['o]w
    fidelity, faith, troth. See {True}.]
    1. (Mil.) A suspension of arms by agreement of the commanders
    of opposing forces; a temporary cessation of hostilities,
    for negotiation or other purpose; an armistice.

    2. Hence, intermission of action, pain, or contest; temporary
    cessation; short quiet.

    Where he may likeliest find
    Truce to his restless thoughts. --Milton.

    {Flag of truce} (Mil.), a white flag carried or exhibited by
    one of the hostile parties, during the flying of which
    hostilities are suspended.

    {Truce of God}, a suspension of arms promulgated by the
    church, which occasionally took place in the Middle Ages,
    putting a stop to private hostilities at or within certain
    periods.

    1. Both sides accused the other of misinterpreting a peace plan signed two weeks ago and of violating a truce that started March 21.
    2. But they could overcome an impasse that has thwarted peace efforts since a shaky first truce collapsed last summer.
    3. Although the truce effectively collapsed one week later, with both sides swapping accusations of military attacks, government and rebel representatives continued to hold sporadic peace talks in Zaire until last week.
    4. Gleeson said there were no truce violations.
    5. After a six-month confrontation, a truce was signed in 1966 which was afterwards called the Luxembourg Compromise, even though there had been no compromise on anything.
    6. Health Minister Benjamin Valdez on Friday called on both sides in the nation's 9-year-old civil war to respect an unofficial truce as they have on previous vaccination days.
    7. The move was part of an Iranian-brokered truce.
    8. Tanjug said about 250 U.N. truce observers from throughout the world will be sent to Iran and Iraq once a cease-fire was declared, but gave no specifics.
    9. National Assembly officials said a South Korean letter proposing the talks will be delivered to North Korea through Panmunjon, the border truce site, on Monday.
    10. To some challengers, the issue is likely to be worth more than the support, especially when criticism of the pay raise could be coupled with a denunciation of the national party truce as an attempt at gag rule.
    11. Normally when a cease-fire or truce is signed there is the sound of cheering.
    12. The bombings ended after a truce was declared on Jan. 17.
    13. Humberto Ortega, the Sandinista defense minister and head of the government delegation, said Friday the Sandinistas believe an agreement on a permanent truce comes first.
    14. Nicaragua's Contra leadership offered to go to Managua for talks with Sandinista officials to arrange a truce by the regional pact's Nov. 7 deadline.
    15. The General Assembly voted $35.7 million Wednesday to pay for three months of work by U.N. military observers who will monitor a truce in the 8-year-old war between Iran and Iraq.
    16. U.N.-mediated peace talks between Iran and Iraq resume Monday in an effort to consolidate the precarious truce and disengage troops in the 8-year-old Persian Gulf war.
    17. President Daniel Ortega rejected Contra demands the talks take place in the border post of Sapoa, where the two sides agreed to the 60-day truce scheduled to expire May 30.
    18. President Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua extended a truce with guerrillas through the end of December, but said Tuesday his nation will maintain a state of alert until it sees a change in U.S. policy.
    19. President Daniel Ortega said Thursday that any U.S. decision to resume military aid to Nicaraguan rebels would amount to "newly legitimizing" a war in which a truce was declared months ago.
    20. The latest round of talks broke down last week, and each side has accused the other of violating the truce.
    21. Though the rebels have refused a call by the United Nations for a one-month truce to let the food pass, they have pledged not to attack supply convoys in certain protected corridors.
    22. The South Korean Red Cross said in a telephone message to its North Korean counterpart that the letter would not be accepted at the border truce site of Panmunjom.
    23. The Sept. 22 truce halted six months of shelling duels between Christian troops of maverick Gen.
    24. Each side in the 7-year-old war has accused the other of violating the truce, which began when a preliminary peace accord was signed March 23, a month after Congress voted against renewed military aid for the Contras.
    25. The issue of face-to-face talks between the bitter enemies has complicated the talks on implementing a truce and a U.N. peace plan.
    26. A security committee comprising guerrilla officers from seven other PLO factions not been involved in the fighting was trying to arrange for observers to enforce a truce in the two shantytowns.
    27. Sapoa is the Nicaraguan border town where the truce talks were held last week.
    28. "The agreement came as a surprise," said Ernesto, 24. "We heard about it by radio." The warring factions put a truce into place on March 21, the first day of the talks.
    29. Shortly before the March truce began, Mr. Cordero was taken by Sandinista troops as a Contra collaborator, despite his strong objections to the contrary.
    30. At a meeting of the Korean Military Armistice Commission at this truce village, North Korean delegate Maj. Gen.
    加入收藏 本地收藏 百度搜藏 QQ书签 美味书签 Google书签 Mister Wong
    您正在访问的是
    中国词汇量第二的英语词典
    更多精彩,登录后发现......
    验证码看不清,请点击刷新
      注册