0 a short interruption in a war or argument, or an agreement to stop fighting or arguing for a period of time -- 讲和(协议);休战,停战(协定)
After years of rivalry the two companies have agreed (US agreed to) a truce. 经过多年的竞争,两家公司同意握手言和。
We've got to spend the weekend together, so we might as well call (= 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's riots, two of the city's biggest gangs have finally declared a truce, ending years of bloodshed. 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。
The fragile truce between the two sides is not expected to last long. 预计双方脆弱的停战协定不会持久。
But no one can predict how long the truce will last.
Today however there is a practical truce between old and new theories - and professionalism is the tie that binds.
His priority was a truce leading to radical reform.
Two months after the accord came into effect, the military and government officials began to voice their pessimism on the truce.
I renew my call for a truce between descriptivists and prescriptivists, but it can't work without civility and integrity on both sides.
As long as this is so, a truce seems unlikely.
The truce was based on present possession.
This changed again after the 1921 truce, when politics came up from underground, and in 1922 and 1923, when most male activists were interned or on the run.