armistice
n. 停火; 停战; 休战协议; 停战协议
An armistice is an agreement between countries who are at war with one another to stop fighting and to discuss ways of making peace.
Finally, the Bolsheviks signed an armistice with Germany.
最终布尔什维克和德国签署了停战协议。
1. a state of peace agreed to between opponents so they can discuss peace terms
The armistice did not spare France a pang.
停战协定并未使法国免遭剧烈的创伤.
After four years of bitter war, an armistice was signed.
在四年的战争苦难后, 终于签定了停战协议.
After the armistice he had spent a month in Paris.
停战以后他在巴黎呆了一个月.
But at least an armistice will mean that men who would have died will now live.
但至少,停战意味着那些原本要死的人逃过一劫.
At 8∶30 a.m. on July 12, Vichy envoys arrived to sue for an armistice.
7月12日上午八时半, 维希方面的特使前来请求停战.