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    détente

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
    Related topics: Government, Politics
    dé·tente, detente /ˈdeɪtɒnt, deɪˈtɑːnt $ deɪˈtɑːnt/ noun [uncountable]  PGPPa time or situation in which two countries that are not friendly towards each other agree to behave in a more friendly way 〔两国间紧张关系的〕缓和
    Examples from the Corpus
    détente• Between the Labour government and the unions there was an uneasy détente at the start of 1977.    Origin detente (1900-2000) French détente, from Old French destendre “to loosen”, from tendre “to stretch”
    dé·tente nounChineseSyllable
    situation or a in are Corpus which that time two countries


    détente
    dé‧tente , detente /ˈdeɪtɒnt, deɪˈtɑːnt $ deɪˈtɑːnt/ noun [uncountable]
     Date: 1900-2000
     Language: French
     Origin: détente, from Old French destendre 'to loosen', from tendre 'to stretch'
    a time or situation in which two countries that are not friendly towards each other agree to behave in a more friendly way


    dé·tente (also de·tente especially in NAmE ) BrE /ˌdeɪˈtɑːnt/ 🔊NAmE /ˌdeɪˈtɑːnt/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] (from French, formal) an improvement in the relationship between two or more countries which have been unfriendly towards each other in the past （国际紧张关系的）缓和，改善