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单词 phoney war
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phoney warˌphoney ˈwar noun [singular] Examples
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  • Howe's speech effectively marked the end of the phoney war and the start of the public campaign for votes.
  • In the mild autumn of the phoney war, it was a prosperous and agreeable neighbourhood in which to live.
  • It has been a phoney war.
  • It is election year, and a phoney war is being waged between the two main parties.
  • There is the negative peace of a phoney war or a balance of power, which is not peace at all.
a period during which a state of war officially exists but there is no actual fighting
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