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单词 peacekeeping
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peacekeepingn.

Brit. /ˈpiːsˌkiːpɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpisˌkipɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: peace n., keeping n.
Etymology: < peace n. + keeping n., after to keep the peace at peace n. Phrases 5a. Compare earlier peacekeeper n.
The action of keeping or maintaining peace; spec. the active maintenance of a truce between hostile states, communities, factions, etc., esp. by external military forces. rare before 20th cent.
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society > armed hostility > peace > pacification > [noun] > peace-keeping
peacekeeping1664
peacebuilding1909
peacekeeping operation1961
1664 J. Scudamore Homer a la Mode 76 Tis not fit that one in whose trust is The peace-keeping, next to the Justice, And Proclamations in his head, Should lye so like a thing quite dead.
1910 Washington Post 19 Dec. 9/2 The word ‘federation’..is meant to be limited to such activities as may be incidental to peace-keeping among the nations.
1939 Polit. Sci. Q. 54 637 All the traditional patterns of peacemaking, peace-keeping and war-waging are of very little use in understanding the present-day world situation.
1965 Spectator 15 Jan. 76/2 Peace-keeping is the basic function of the United Nations.
2001 J. Waterman Arctic Crossing ii. 203 The three RCMPs..stick to peacekeeping and leave the nitpicking offenses to the unpopular bylaws.

Compounds

General attributive, as peacekeeping force, peacekeeping operation, etc.Not always distinguishable from peacekeeping adj.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > peace > pacification > [noun] > peace-keeping > organization or member of
peacekeeper1579
peacekeeping force1911
society > armed hostility > peace > pacification > [noun] > peace-keeping
peacekeeping1664
peacebuilding1909
peacekeeping operation1961
1849 Spectator 11 Aug. 751/2 Some of the admiration lavished on Lord Palmerston's peace-keeping feat is in fact the reaction of the anxiety which he himself had caused.
1911 Washington Post 24 Sept. 4/8 The backbone and the pece-keeping force of the islands is the army.
1961 Times 2 Oct. 13/3 Budgetary procedures..including the cost of peace-keeping operations.
1978 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 20 Oct. 10/6 Although Mr. Jamieson refused to commit Canadian forces to a peacekeeping force in the territory, he indicated he was moving in that direction.
2003 Chicago Tribune (Nexis) 25 Nov. 3 Their efforts to bolster Europe's military muscle would not undermine NATO but rather complement its peacekeeping efforts.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

peacekeepingadj.

Brit. /ˈpiːsˌkiːpɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpisˌkipɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: peace n., keeping adj.
Etymology: < peace n. + keeping adj., after to keep the peace at peace n. Phrases 5a. Compare earlier peacekeeper n., peacekeeping n.
That keeps the peace; engaged in or advocating the keeping of peace.Not always distinguishable from attributive uses of peacekeeping n.
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1827 H. Brougham Let. in Eng. Hist. Rev. (1927) 42 166 In case, by the place-seeking disposition of some, and peace-keeping views of others, the country should still [etc.].
1899 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 4 504 The group divides itself conventionally into a fighting and a peace-keeping class.
1915 W. R. Thayer Life & Lett. J. Hay I. xi. 225 Then the peoples of Europe, united at last according to the principle of nationality, would be peace-loving and peace-keeping, liberal in their political methods, and bound together by [etc.].
1983 Listener 10 Feb. 7/3 That is to argue that it would be right to march in the armies of peacekeeping international organisations, but not in support of national interest.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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