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olive branch

O 开头单词

基本解释

  • 橄榄枝（象征和平）；谈和的建议；小孩

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英汉例句

    双语例句

  • The olive branch stands for peace.
    橄榄枝象征着和平。
  • [font=Verdana]Despite this, many in the West are itching to extend an olive branch to the new president.
    尽管这样，许多西方人还是急于向新总统伸出橄榄枝。
  • But with many government departments facing real cuts of 25% in their budgets over the next five years, that olive branch will almost certainly be spurned.
    但在未来五年内，许多政府部门将真正面临25%的预算削减，几乎可以肯定的是，这一橄榄枝将遭到拒绝。

    • 原声例句

  • Stuart Levy,a co-founder of Olive Branch D.C., a Washington-based interfaith group bringing together young professional Jews and Muslims.

    • 权威例句

  • Most of the audience will miss it, along with the olive branch it represents.
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  • Likely, this particular platform plank is merely a political olive branch to the gold bugs.
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  • The government needs to offer some olive branch to public opinion over fuel taxes.
    ECONOMIST: Labour and fuel taxes

词组短语

    短语

  • olive -branch 橄榄枝
  • tender the olive branch 伸出橄榄枝
  • Comfort Suites Olive Branch 橄榄枝凯富酒店
  • OLIVE BRANCH AIRPORT 橄榄枝村机场
  • offer olive branch 表示愿意讲和

英英字典

    剑桥英英字典

  • something that you say or do in order to show that you want to end a disagreement with someone

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • If you offer an olive branch to someone, you say or do something in order to show that you want to end a disagreement or quarrel.