单词 | triple entente |
释义 | > as lemmastriple entente triple entente n. an informal alliance of three states or powers, spec. (usually with capital initials) that of Great Britain, France, and Russia in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, which formed the basis of the Allied powers in the First World War (1914–18).The Triple Entente between Great Britain, France, and Russia developed from the Franco-Russian Alliance of 1894 (formed to counterbalance the threat posed by the Triple Alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy; cf. triple alliance n. (c)), the Anglo-French Entente of 1904, and the Anglo-Russian Entente of 1907. Cf. entente cordiale n. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > international agreements > [noun] > entente entente cordiale1844 entente1854 triple entente1886 1886 Standard 11 Aug. 5/3 The late Conferences at Gastein have resulted in removing the differences recently existing between Russia and the Austro-German Allies, and..the former Triple entente will most likely be shortly re-established. 1894 Speaker 22 Dec. 676/2 France and Russia had already been leagued by a bond something stronger than that of a mere entente. The proper completion of these rapprochements would be the establishment of an understanding between England and France, and the formation, if not of a new Triple Alliance, at least of a Triple Entente. 1910 Encycl. Brit. IX. 949/1 (heading) The Triple entente and the Triple Alliance. 1914 Times 5 Aug. 7/4 First came the Franco-Russian Alliance, and later on the Anglo-French, and the Anglo-Russian agreements, which paved the way for the diplomatic group known as the Triple Entente. 1954 G. L. Weinberg Germany & Soviet Union ii. 22 The possibilities for holding off a new Triple Entente had to be explored. 1998 Times 30 Nov. 11/2 Herr Schröder has talked of a triple entente between Paris, Bonn and London. 2004 Harvard Ukrainian Stud. 27 151 When the First World War broke out in August 1914 between the Triple Entente and the Central Powers [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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