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entente

/ahn-tahnt; French ahn-tahnt/US // ɑnˈtɑnt; French ɑ̃ˈtɑ̃t //UK // (French ɑ̃tɑ̃t) //

协约,协约国,协议,契约

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural en·tentes [ahn-tahnts; French ahn-tahnt]. /ɑnˈtɑnts; French ɑ̃ˈtɑ̃t/.

    • : an arrangement or understanding between two or more nations agreeing to follow a particular policy with regard to affairs of international concern.
    • : an alliance of parties to such an understanding.

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Examples

  • I can't say I'm particularly hopeful that Iran will approach this entente in good faith.

  • Lately, according to Ken Pollack, Washington and Tehran have been in a kind of unexpected entente in Iraq.

  • In the 1950s, big corporation and big labor forged an entente, in which they generally agreed to share an expanding pie.

  • Israel, of course, has legitimate security concerns, especially in light of the recent Fatah-Hamas entente.

  • There had long been rumors of an entente between Archduke and Kaiser, but this!

  • There is an anecdote of the latter which, as an example of thrust and parry in double entente, is hardly to be matched.

  • So these members of the Entente had to be assisted in making purchases abroad.

  • The French entente cordiale was remembered, and our Sovereign had long ago been declared to be the first diplomat in Europe.

  • Liber and his colleague Dahn were at that time among the staunchest supporters of the policy of the Entente in Russia.