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peacenik

/pees-nik/US // ˈpis nɪk //

和平主义者,和平派,和平使者,平安卫士

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Slang: Often Disparaging.

    • : an activist or demonstrator who opposes war and military intervention; pacifist.

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Examples

  • Early on, he refers to the long-held peacenik expectation that “we would give land, and we would get peace.”

  • But for the time being, I remain an American-Israeli progressive feminist peacenik who is cautiously optimistic about Chuck Hagel.

  • Netanyahu and Peres come from opposite sides of the political map, one being an unswerving hawk, the other a relentless peacenik.

  • Netanyahu is an unwavering skeptic with a deep devotion to Greater Israel, Peres a relentlessly optimistic peacenik.