学个词Learn a Word 第378期 Truce

今天我们要学的词是truce¹。 Truce, 是停战的意思。美国民主党最看好的两位总统参选人希拉里.克林顿和巴拉克.奥巴马参议员最近在种族问题上互相攻击。但是双方都意识到，这种争执的结果只会是两败俱伤。"Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton called a truce during a debate Tuesday night," 奥巴马和希拉里在星期二晚上的辩论中宣布停战。

斯里兰卡政府和反政府武装之间六年的停战协议星期三正式失效。"The end of the truce was marked by a bomb blast, killing² at least 24 people," 停战结束当天就发生了炸弹爆炸，炸死至少24人。好的，今天我们学习的词是truce...

 

1 truce   

n.休战，(争执，烦恼等的)缓和；v.以停战结束

参考例句：

• The hot weather gave the old man a truce from rheumatism.热天使这位老人暂时免受风湿病之苦。
• She had thought of flying out to breathe the fresh air in an interval of truce.她想跑出去呼吸一下休战期间的新鲜空气。

2 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。