truce

🇬🇧 UK/tru:s/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

n.

A temporary agreement between opposing sides to stop fighting

停战,休战;暂时停止争斗的协议

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
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Common Collocations

  • 1.call a truce宣布停战/握手言和
  • 2.declare a truce宣布休战
  • 3.fragile truce脆弱的停战
  • 4.uneasy truce勉强维持的休战

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The two warring factions agreed to a truce during the holiday season.

  • 2.

    After years of rivalry, the siblings finally called a truce.

  • 3.

    The fragile truce collapsed within days as fighting resumed.

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