Peace

[piːs] or [pis]

解释:

(noun.) a treaty to cease hostilities; 'peace came on November 11th'.

(noun.) the absence of mental stress or anxiety.

(noun.) harmonious relations; freedom from disputes; 'the roommates lived in peace together'.

(noun.) the state prevailing during the absence of war.

(noun.) the general security of public places; 'he was arrested for disturbing the peace'.

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解释:

(v.) A state of quiet or tranquillity; freedom from disturbance or agitation; calm; repose

(v.) Exemption from, or cessation of, war with public enemies.

(v.) Public quiet, order, and contentment in obedience to law.

(v.) Exemption from, or subjection of, agitating passions; tranquillity of mind or conscience.

(v.) Reconciliation; agreement after variance; harmony; concord.

(v. t. & i.) To make or become quiet; to be silent; to stop.

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同义词及近义词：

n. [1]. Calm, repose, quiet, tranquillity, stillness, silence.[2]. Amity, concord, harmony, truce, ARMISTICE.

编辑:莎蒂

同义词及反义词：

SYN:Quiet, tranquillity, calm, repose, pacification, order, calmness, reconciliation,harmony, concord

ANT:Noise, disturbance, tumult, agitation, hostility, disorder, embroilment, war,discord, variance, strife

手打:莫林

解释:

n. a state of quiet: freedom from disturbance: freedom from war: friendliness: calm: rest: harmony: silence.—interj. silence: be silent: hist!—adj. Peace′able disposed to peace: free from war or disturbance: quiet: tranquil.—n. Peace′ableness.—adv. Peace′ably.—n. Peace′-break′er one who breaks or disturbs the peace of others.—adj. Peace′ful full of peace: quiet: tranquil: calm: serene.—adv. Peace′fully.—n. Peace′fulness.—adj. Peace′less without peace.—ns. Peace′lessness; Peace′maker one who makes or produces peace; one who reconciles enemies; Peace′-off′ering an offering bringing about peace: among the Jews an offering to God either in gratitude for past or petition for future mercies (see Lev. iii.; vii. 11-21): satisfaction to an offended person; Peace′-off′icer an officer whose duty it is to preserve the peace: a police-officer.—adj. Peace′-part′ed (Shak.) dismissed from the world in peace.—n. Peace′-par′ty a political party advocating the making or the preservation of peace; Peace′-pipe (see Calumet).—Peace establishment the reduced military strength maintained in time of peace; Peace of God the ancient cessation from suits between terms and on Sundays and holy days.—Breach of the peace (see Breach); Hold one's peace to be silent; Keep peace abstain from breaking the peace of others; Kiss of peace (see Kiss); Letters of peace (see Pacify); Make one's peace with to reconcile or to be reconciled with; Queen's or King's peace the public peace for the maintenance of which the sovereign as head of the executive is responsible; Swear the peace to take oath before a magistrate that a certain person ought to be put under bond to keep the peace.

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