truce

英[tru?s] 美

反義詞

復數:?truces;

1. 諧音“處死”---處死戰爭，處死戰犯、處死戰爭狂人、處死戰爭發起者就停戰了。

truce 停戰，休戰

來自古英語 treow,事實，承諾，忠誠，條約，詞源同 true,truth.-ce,表復數，如 pence 為 penny 復數格。

truce: truce: [13] Historically, truce is simply the plural of the noun version of the adjective true. In Old English this was trēow, which meant ‘faith, pledge’. It was often used in the plural with the same meaning as the singular, and this tendency increased in early Middle English to the point where the singular disappeared altogether. It had meanwhile narrowed down in meaning to a ‘pledge to stop fighting’.
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truce (n.): "mutually agreed-upon temporary intermission of hostilities," early 13c., triws, variant of trewes, originally plural of trewe "faith, assurance of faith, covenant, treaty," from Old English treow "faith, truth, fidelity; pledge, promise, agreement, treaty," from Proto-Germanic *treuwaz- (cognates: Old Frisian triuwe, Middle Dutch trouwe, Dutch trouw, Old High German triuwa, German treue, Gothic triggwa "faith, faithfulness"). Related to Old English treowe "faithful" (see true (adj.)). The Germanic word was borrowed into Late Latin as tregua, hence French trève, Italian tregua.

1. This may help to undermine the brittle truce that currently exists.: 這也許會火上澆油，破壞當前脆弱不穩的休戰局面。

2. The rebels may simply be using the truce to regroup their forces.: 叛軍可能只想利用停火重新組織他們的軍事力量。

4. The two sides called a truce to avoid further bloodshed.: 雙方宣布休戰，以免更多的流血。

5. The hot weather gave the old man a truce from rheumatism.: 熱天使這位老人暫時免受風濕病之苦.