Peace
[piːs] or [pis]
解釋/意思:
(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'.
芭芭拉校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(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.
尤金伲亚整理
同義詞及近義詞:
n. [1]. Calm, repose, quiet, tranquillity, stillness, silence.[2]. Amity, concord, harmony, truce, ARMISTICE.
編輯:莎蒂
同義詞及反義詞:
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
解釋/意思:
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.
整理:马文
娱乐性解釋/意思:
n. In international affairs a period of cheating between two periods of fighting.
校對:马特
娱乐性解釋/意思:
A mythical condition of tranquillity frequently reported from the Phillipines.
編輯:梅布尔
例句/造句/用法:
- My spirit will sleep in peace; or if it thinks, it will not surely think thus. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- A twilight calm of happiness then succeeding to their radiant noon, they remained at peace, until a strange voice in the room startled them both. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- The spirit of love and peace was with him. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Meyler, in his anxiety to make us all speak to him, suffered Fanny to depart in peace. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- Quiet and peace were there. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- Above all, he was amazed to hear me talk of a mercenary standing army, in the midst of peace, and among a free people. 喬納森·斯威夫特. 格列佛遊記.
- As for my father, his desires and exertions were bounded to the again seeing me restored to health and peace of mind. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- Then in time of peace justice will be of no use? 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- The wind shifts to the weSt. Peace, peace, Banshee--keening at every window! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Let her rest in peace, God bless her! 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Therefore, my friends, I wish for peace, upon you and upon yours. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- It will help in the consummation of man’s loftiest dreams of world friendship and world peace. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Nevertheless, these central regions of the world remain central, and their welfare and participation is necessary to the permanent peace of mankind. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Nay, he was bringing home the goose as a peace-offering to his wife. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- He sees no hope of happiness or peace for mankind until all nations of the earth are comprehended in a single empire. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
錄入:曼蒂