truce
/truːs/ (bre, ipa) · /truːs/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈtrüs/ (ame, mw)
truce — 名詞
- trucesingular
- trucesplural
1. a deal between two sides who have been fighting or arguing, where both agree to
休戰；停火
雙方暫停打鬥或爭吵的協議
a deal between two sides who have been fighting or arguing, where both agree to pause the fighting for a set period, or the period of calm that follows from such a deal.
The two armies agreed to a brief truce so doctors could carry the wounded off the battlefield.
兩支軍隊同意短暫休戰，好讓醫護人員把傷者抬離戰場。
agree to a truce + purpose clause
Jude and his sister called a truce after weeks of arguing over the bathroom rota.
Jude 和妹妹為浴室輪用表吵了好幾週，後來終於協議休戰。
informal: call a truce after dispute
The truce between the rebels and the government lasted only three days before fighting resumed.
叛軍和政府之間的停火協議只維持了三天，戰火就再度燒起。
Defne suggested a truce in the family WhatsApp group so dinner could pass without another shouting match.
Defne 在家族 WhatsApp 群組中提議休戰，好讓晚餐不再變成另一場爭吵。
During the Christmas truce of 1914, British and German soldiers shook hands across the trenches.
1914 年的耶誕節休戰期間，英國和德國士兵在戰壕之間握手言和。
- hostilities
the active fighting that a truce pauses
文法句型
call a truce
declare a truce
truce between X and Y
用法筆記
Frequently appears with the verbs 'call', 'declare', 'agree to', 'break', and 'hold'. Used for both serious military pauses and lighter, domestic stand-downs in an argument.
常見錯誤
truce — 動詞
- trucepresent simple I / you / we / they
- truces3rd person singular
- trucing-ing form
- trucedpast simple
1. to agree to stop a fight or quarrel for a while, usually with the other side.
言和；休戰
雙方同意暫時停手不再衝突
to agree to stop a fight or quarrel for a while, usually with the other side.
The two clans finally truced after Isabela's grandmother walked between the houses with bread and salt.
Isabela 的祖母帶著麵包和鹽走過兩家之間後，兩個宗族終於言和。
truce + after-clause
Workers and managers truced for the holiday week so the factory could ship the year-end orders.
工人和管理層在假期那一週停止爭執，好讓工廠能出清年底訂單。
truced for + period
The two rival fishing villages truced for a season when storms wrecked both harbours.
風暴摧毀了兩個港口後，兩個敵對的漁村言和了一整個漁季。
Nadia and Kenji truced over coffee after a long week of office emails neither would call kind.
辦公室郵件來回了一整週，Nadia 和 Kenji 後來一起喝杯咖啡，算是言和。
- make peace
more common; everyday phrasing for the same idea
- reconcile
broader; can apply to people repairing a personal relationship
- fight on
to keep the conflict going
文法句型
truce with somebody
用法筆記
Very rare in modern English; readers will usually meet the noun 'a truce' plus 'call/declare'. When the verb does appear it is intransitive and slightly literary.
常見錯誤
2. to bring a fight or quarrel to a close by agreeing on a pause, so that the confl
和解了結
以協議方式為一場衝突劃下停頓
to bring a fight or quarrel to a close by agreeing on a pause, so that the conflict ends in an agreed halt rather than a clear winner.
The mediators hoped to truce the border dispute before the rainy season made the roads impassable.
調解人希望能在雨季讓道路無法通行之前，把這場邊界糾紛和解了結。
truce + dispute object
Ilan tried to truce the long quarrel between his cousins by inviting them both to dinner.
Ilan 試著邀堂兄弟一起吃飯，想把這場長久的爭執和解了結。
truce + named conflict
By the autumn of 1813 the local lords had truced their feud, though no side had truly won.
到了 1813 年秋天，當地的領主已把彼此的世仇和解了結，雖然沒有一方真正獲勝。
Christopher hoped a shared meal would truce the bitter argument between the two neighbours.
Christopher 希望一頓共進的飯能把兩位鄰居之間激烈的爭執和解了結。
- prolong
to keep the conflict going
文法句型
truce something
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 1: this transitive use takes a conflict noun as its object ('truce the dispute / feud / quarrel'). Sense 1 is intransitive — two parties truce with each other, without naming the fight.