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detente

/dey-tahnt; French dey-tahnt/US // deɪˈtɑnt; French deɪˈtɑ̃t //UK // (deɪˈtɑːnt, French detɑ̃t) //

缓和,缓和气氛,协商,拘束

Related Words

amity友好,友善,仁慈,友谊harmony和谐,和谐性,和谐的,和睦relaxation放松,松弛,放轻松,放宽relief救济,救灾,救援,解救tranquility安宁,宁静,安定,安详truce休战,停战,休战协议,休战状态cooling off降温,冷静下来,冷却剂,降温了

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural dé·tentes [dey-tahnts; French dey-tahnt]. /deɪˈtɑnts; French deɪˈtɑ̃t/.

    • : a relaxing of tension, especially between nations, as by negotiations or agreements.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounpassivity
Synonyms
easement地役权,役权,年长者pause暂停,停顿,暂停一下,顿了顿policy政策,政策性,策precaution防范措施,预防措施,防范,防备措施

Examples

  • His astute detente diplomacy with the Soviet Union, trying to make the world a safer place, gets high marks.

  • By 1963, he had survived the Cuban Missile Crisis and was steering the superpowers towards detente.

  • The goal of the book is to "achieve detente" with your body.

  • If Obama's strategy is to dial back the blue/red civil war to a detente, Franken's is to escalate it to World War III.

  • The Ambassador quite appreciated that the purpose of the mission was to create a detente, as distinguished from an entente.

  • I'm glad she's not in Italy; it makes for relaxation—for a sort of moral detente.

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