| 单词 | detente |
| 释义 | detente (once / 14503 pages) n When opposing countries reach an understanding or truce, that's detente, meaning a loosening of tensions. If two nations are having problems, such as disagreements over trade, or even the threat of war, and then they become friendlier to each other, they've reached a state of detente. Detente is a relaxing of tension: diplomacy is working and the countries are on the path of peace rather than the road to war. If you always argue with your sibling, and then you start getting along better, you could humorously say that you've reached a detente. WORD FAMILYdetente: detentes USAGE EXAMPLESFord literally stopped using the word “détente” because Reagan was hammering him for being too soft on Russia during that campaign. Washington Post(Dec 20, 2016) “Now there are signs of a detente with the West,” said Mr. Hermes of Wilo. Wall Street Journal(Dec 08, 2016) But in November, Mr Trump threatened in a tweet to put an end to the detente following the death of Fidel Castro. BBC(Dec 07, 2016) n the easing of tensions or strained relations (especially between nations) Hyper alleviation, easement, easing, relief the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance) |
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