释义 |
phoney warˌphoney ˈwar noun [singular] - 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 |