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单词 peace
释义
peacepeace /piːs/ ●●● S2 W2 noun Entry menu
MENU FOR peacepeace1 no war2 no noise/interruptions3 calm/not worried4 make (your) peace with somebody5 keep the peace6 hold/keep your peace7 disturb the peace8 rest in peace
Word Origin
WORD ORIGINpeace
Origin:
1100-1200 Old French pais, from Latin pax
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • All her life she'd been an active member of the peace movement.
  • Can't we just have peace in the family?
  • In 1648 the Peace of Westphalia ended the 30 Years War.
  • It was a dangerous situation that threatened world peace.
  • More than 250,000 people died before a peace agreement was reached.
  • Now go away and let me get on with my work in peace.
  • Residents say that the new development would shatter the peace of their area.
  • Some of these children have never known a time of peace.
  • the Middle East peace process
  • the search for inner peace
  • The United States urged Moscow and the rebels to resume peace talks.
  • There has been peace in the region for six years now.
  • They've gone to the countryside for some peace and quiet.
  • Top footballer Bobby Mimms loves coming back to the peace of his home village in North Yorkshire.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • For the first time in days Hilary felt at peace, the hurt and pain pushed aside for a while.
  • Once again, by failing to opt clearly enough for peace, he seems to have opted for war.
  • The drawings with their restrained colours give a feeling of peace and contemplation.
  • They have no bearing on postwar peace and stability in the area or stopping some other middle-sized gangster swallowing a weaker neighbour.
  • What anthropologists stressed was that the State brought safety for the individual, peace, and the rule of law.
  • Why does peace come into Paul's concern for others?
Thesaurus
THESAURUS
a situation in which there is no war or fighting: · There has been peace in the region for six years now.
an agreement to stop fighting or arguing with each other for a limited period of time: · The rebels have ended a 17-month-old truce.· He called for a truce between Israeli and Palestinian forces.· There was an uneasy truce between Lily and Stephen at dinner.
an agreement to stop fighting for a limited period of time, especially in order to discuss making peace: · The two sides agreed to a ceasefire which would come into force immediately.
a formal agreement to stop fighting a war and to discuss making peace: · The Korean armistice was signed in July 1953.
a situation in which there is no violence, argument, or protest: · Attempts by the police to restore calm in the area failed.
Longman Language Activatorwhen there is no war
when there is no war: · There has been peace in the region for six years now.peace talks/negotiations (=when enemies meet and talk, to try and achieve peace): · The United States urged Moscow and the rebels to resume peace talks.a peace agreement/deal/settlement: · More than 250,000 people died before a peace agreement was reached.the peace process (=a continuing attempt, over a long period, to achieve peace between enemies.): · the Middle East peace processworld peace: · It was a dangerous situation that threatened world peace.peace movement (=an organization that works to try to prevent wars): · All her life she'd been an active member of the peace movement.
a period of time when a country is not fighting a war - use this when comparing this period with a time when there is war: · A country's army may be quite small during peacetime.· In peacetime, the Hercules aircraft has been used for distributing food to famine areas.· The talks were aimed at establishing normal peacetime relations between the two countries.
use this about changes or events that happen without war or fighting: · There was a relatively peaceful transfer of power from the military government to the new democracy.· a peaceful solution to the troubles in the region
if two or more countries are at peace with each other, they are not fighting each other and have a friendly relationship: · From 1564 until 1585, England was at peace with most of her neighbours.· For the next 25 years, Britain managd to remain at peace with France.
when two countries agree to stop fighting
an agreement to stop fighting for a limited period of time, especially in order to talk about making peace: · The ceasefire won't last unless both sides are prepared to compromise.ceasefire between: · a ceasefire between the warring forces in the southceasefire agreement: · Both leaders signed the ceasefire agreement.agree to/achieve a ceasefire: · The government had failed in numerous attempts to achieve a ceasefire through negotiation.violate the ceasefire (=start fighting again during a ceasefire): · So far no one has violated the three-day ceasefire.
an agreement to stop fighting for a short time, especially in order to discuss making peace: · The rebels have ended a 17-month-old truce, and could strike at any time.truce between: · a truce between the rival Christian forcescall/negotiate/secure etc a truce: · The two sides have been unable to negotiate a truce.
a written agreement between two enemies saying that they agree to end the war: · Both countries agreed to work towards a peace treaty.peace treaty between: · On July 12th, the South Korean President called for a peace treaty between the two states.negotiate/draw up/sign/conclude a peace treaty: · The left-wing guerrilla movement finally signed a peace treaty with the government on March 9th.
if two countries make peace , they stop fighting and agree to end the war: · France and Spain made peace in 1659 after a war lasting 25 years.make peace with: · The two armies made peace with each other in 1918.
if soldiers lay down their arms , they stop fighting - used especially in literature and descriptions of historical events: · No sooner had they laid down their arms than the English broke their word and attacked.· In March, the Popular Liberation Army laid down arms and registered as a political party.
to try to prevent or end a war
to prevent a war or fighting between two countries, or between two opposing armies within a country: · The President sent federal troops to Grenada to keep the peace.keep the peace between: · In the past, air support from the RAF base at Aden had been enough to keep the peace between the rival warring tribes.
: peace-keeping force/troops/mission etc intended to prevent two opposing armies, especially within a country, from fighting: · A United Nations peace-keeping force has been sent to the area.· Panama called for the United States to withdraw its peace-keeping army.
soldiers who have been sent to a country where there is a war or fighting in order to keep the peace between the two sides: · American ground troops are to join the UN peacekeepers to try to stop the war from spreading.
to help two or more countries or armies that have been at war to make peace with each other by discussing the situation: · An Iranian delegation visited northern Iraq to mediate between rival Kurdish groups.
someone who is against war
someone who believes that all war and violence is wrong: · Bergson was imprisoned as a pacifist during the World War I.
strongly against war, especially a war that your country is fighting at the present time: anti-war protest/demonstration/campaigner: · During the Gulf War, there were several big anti-war demonstrations.· Anti-war feeling grew stronger in the US as the Vietnam conflict went on.
a group of people or countries that are peace-loving believe strongly in peace rather than war: · The Australian Aboriginals are a peace-loving race who live simply off the land.· As a nation, they are gentle and peace-loving.
all the people who protest against wars in general or against a particular war: · He was a tireless campaigner for the peace movement during the cold war.· The peace movement held a massive rally in Hyde Park today.
someone who joins in an organized protest against a war: · Peace protesters broke into the Administration building and occupied it for six days.· Some 40,000 peace demonstrators gathered in Bonn yesterday to protest agains the bombing.
a peaceful state or situation
a peaceful situation with no unpleasant noise or interruptions: · Top footballer Bobby Mimms loves coming back to the peace of his home village in North Yorkshire.· Residents say that the new development would shatter the peace of their area.peace and quiet: · They've gone to the countryside for some peace and quiet.do something in peace (=do something without being interrupted): · Now go away and let me get on with my work in peace.
a situation in which there is no noise, anxious activity, or violence: · What we need now is a period of calm and stability.an atmosphere/sense of calm: · Inside the new gallery, there is an atmosphere of calm.appeal/call for calm: · The Prime Minister visited the centre of the rioting and called for calm.restore calm: · By October 17th, the police had managed to restore calm.
British /tranquility American a pleasantly peaceful situation, especially one in which nothing seems to change: · Nothing ever happens to disturb the tranquillity of this little town, hidden in the Tuscan hills.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Meaning 1ADJECTIVES/NOUN + peace
· The regime poses a threat to world peace.
· He has the chance to forge a lasting peace with the Palestinians.
(=when people have agreed to stop fighting, but the situation is not really calm)· An uneasy peace prevails in the region.
(=not likely to last)· The fragile peace between the government and the student protestors broke when military police arrested their leader.
peace + NOUN
· A fourth round of peace talks will begin on Monday.
· Will the US be sending a delegate to the Middle East peace conference?
· The formal signing of the peace agreement took place in Lisbon on May 31.
· It is difficult to see how a peace settlement can be achieved.
· The leadership rejected the peace plan.
· Britain is still committed to the peace process.
(=people who work together to achieve peace, and the things they do)· As a young man, he was involved in the peace movement.
· Several peace campaigners were arrested at the demonstration.
(=large public meeting in support of peace)· CND organised a massive peace rally in Trafalgar Square attended by over a million people.
(=a government representative)· The EU is sending a special peace envoy to the area.
(=officials who are sent by their government to another country to discuss peace)· India’s prime minister sent a peace mission to the Gulf.
verbs
(=agree to stop fighting)· Hardliners criticized the Israeli prime minister for trying to make peace with the Palestinians.
· She was praised for her efforts to bring peace to the region.
· The emperor’s brother was able to restore peace in the troubled areas.
· They’re trying to maintain peace.
· I hope we can learn to live in peace.
(=not be involved in a war)· Officially England was at peace with Spain.
phrases
· The UN was designed to uphold global peace and security.
· The people of Congo richly deserve peace and stability.
· We have had eight years of peace and prosperity.
 Meaning 2phrases
· We love the peace and quiet here.
· People come here to enjoy the peace and tranquillity of this lovely area.
(=a very peaceful place)· Your home should be a haven of peace.
verbs
· Answer my question, and then I'll leave you in peace.
(=end or spoil it)· Only church bells disturbed the peace.
literary (=suddenly end it)· A cry rent the air, shattering the peace.
literary (=there is peace in a place)· Peace and tranquillity reign in the well-kept grounds.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(=a permanent agreement to stop fighting)· The five countries in the region signed a peace agreement.
· The treaty brought peace to both England and France.
· an international climate conference in Sweden
(=an agreement to end fighting between countries)· Hopes of a peace deal are fading.
· We must stop these disagreements in the interests of peace and harmony.
 In the middle of the city, this garden is a haven of tranquillity.
 a solution that would bring lasting peace
(=go away from someone so that they can think, work etc alone) Just a few more questions, then we’ll leave you in peace.
 The people in this country just want to live in peace. People should not live in fear of crime. We live in hope that a cure will be found.
 I went on a lot of peace marches when I was a student.
 The UN is sending peace monitors to the area.
· A new round of global trade negotiations is due to start next week.
· Both sides have agreed to implement the UN peace plan.
· They are frustrated with the lack of progress in the peace process.
(=a plan to achieve peace)· The Israeli government responded positively to the US peace proposals.
 I’ve had an awful day – now I just want some peace and quiet.
· CND are organising a massive Peace Rally on the second Sunday in July.
(=often written on a grave)
 initiatives to restore peace in the Middle East
(=one which ends a war)· Hopes of a peace settlement receded.
· All four Arab delegations walked out of the Middle East peace talks yesterday.
· Jordan signed a peace treaty with Israel.
· There was an uneasy peace in the region for nearly three years before the conflict flared up again.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· What followed was a delight - an inner peace.· Like other Whole Being participants, Roujansky said she relishes the inner peace fostered by the retreat.· His reactions caused him pleasure, fury, deep repose or inner peace.· Those Buddhists do not give me inner peace.· Its greatest enemy is inner peace.· I think I lacked inner peace.· I saw centuries of craving for inner peace in those little figures.· When we observe the Ego instead of taking it seriously, we find inner peace.
· For the pacifist mainstream, however, the threatened industrial explosion fed nightmares of social collapse rather than dreams of international peace.· But that review did not anticipate the additional burdens placed on our military in the past few years by international peace operations.· Because of international insistence on it, Resolution 242 is undoubtedly the entry ticket to an international peace conference.· Unilateral State intervention in the absence of an authoritative decision can promote international disorder and disrupt international peace and security.
· President Bill Clinton remained involved in Middle East peace efforts until the last days of his administration.· S.-sponsored Middle East peace process appeared to be on track.· Mr. Janner I am sure that the Secretary of State recognises the sensitivities of the middle east peace process.
· So complete was this victory that it ensured a kind of uneasy peace for nearly three years.· There was a strange, uneasy peace in the city.· After the devastation an uneasy peace settled over the Empire.· With an uneasy peace prevailing along the border the international community launched a series of missions to defuse the crisis.· But now the ship was almost ready and though the uneasy peace remained intact, soon it would be broken.
NOUN
· Husseini was somewhat sidelined by the dramatic announcement of the secret Oslo peace accords in August 1993.· S.-sponsored Dayton peace accord ended the killing in Bosnia, the Clinton administration is discovering how right he was.· It is a result that will no doubt call into question the viability of the 1995 Dayton peace accords.· National elections called for under the peace accord are expected to place around Sept. 1.· Despite October's United Nations-brokered peace accord, landmines still maim about 300 people every month.· For the first year of the Dayton peace accords, international attention centered on Bosnia.
· Indeed, the Prime Minister sent a message of congratulation to President Christiani when the peace agreement was reached.· S.-brokered peace agreement in Bosnia as 2. 9 million people prepare to vote in national elections scheduled Saturday.· A peace agreement was signed in Lusaka in 1999, but never implemented.· S.-brokered peace agreement suspended the bloodshed.· After seven hours of talks it was announced that they had signed a peace agreement.· The issue now is to ensure that the ceasefire turns into a lasting peace agreement.
· Right-On movements such as the feminists and the peace campaigners evolved complicated systems to ensure this happened.· The movement attracted widespread support from peace campaigners.· Today to mark that anniversary a veteran peace campaigner cut through the base fence.· Read in studio A peace campaigner has appeared in court charged with criminal damage.· John Bugg died in January and peace campaigners have now named the path in his memory.· During their trip, they also met world-famous peace campaigner Gordon Wilson, whose daughter Marie died in the Enniskillen massacre.
· April/May 1990: Paris peace conference reconvenes.· Thus everything went smoothly when the peace conference reconvened at Michaelmas at Montlouis, between Tours and Amboise.· This first session dealt mainly with co-operation between the two countries at the forthcoming Middle East peace conference.· The peace conference in Madrid seems to me to subsume all past resolutions.· In his view peace conferences were a waste of time; the old elm had outlived its usefulness.· Because of international insistence on it, Resolution 242 is undoubtedly the entry ticket to an international peace conference.· Soon Richard and Philip were in agreement and, at the Duke's insistence, a fresh peace conference was arranged.· His proposals also called for an international peace conference on the Middle East.
· It may be here that Mr Pastrana's best hopes of ending his term with a peace deal lie.· Under the peace deal, men of military age should be allowed to cross the former front line boulevard starting next week.· Both are leftwing groups that control large zones of the countryside after temporary peace deals with President Pastrana.· He almost single-handedly brokered a peace deal with secessionist rebels in Chechnya last fall, thereby ending an inordinately bloody war.
· He mumbles some nonsense about clowns being the cause of peace - perhaps the money for the convention is the peace dividend?· But the base is about to become a casualty of the peace dividend.· But Cheltenham has been hit by the recession, the signs are there, fuelled in part by the so-called peace dividend.· The peace dividend has contributed to thousands of job cuts at defence contractors like Dowty group and Smiths industries.
· President Bill Clinton remained involved in Middle East peace efforts until the last days of his administration.· The Middle East peace process was stalemated; negotiations were stymied.· Mr. Janner I am sure that the Secretary of State recognises the sensitivities of the middle east peace process.
· The Clinton team did, as a flurry of recent revisionist accounts of the Camp David peace effort last summer shows.· S.-led peace effort.· We pray for these and other peace efforts.· S.-brokered peace efforts in the Middle East and Northern Ireland.· They also promised to continue to back his peace efforts.· President Bill Clinton remained involved in Middle East peace efforts until the last days of his administration.· Relations were already strained as a result of Likud's approach to US-sponsored Middle East peace effort.· We need increased levels of humanitarian and development aid across the region, and the promotion of grassroots peace efforts.
· With Vance, he was to co-chair the UN-EC peace initiative.· Britain and Ireland announce a new peace initiative that would separate political talks from the disarmament issue.· Resolution 242 became the corner-stone of almost every peace initiative that followed.· Local peace initiative activities were themselves the targets of violence attacks.· As the months went by and peace initiatives came and went, the situation on the border became increasingly tense.
· Indeed when the hope finally collapsed, in the first six months of 1939, the peace movement collapsed with it.· In their latest incarnation, these cheerful blooms have lost their association with the peace movement.· Early in 1915 most of the younger activists resigned in order to devote their energies to developing a women's peace movement.· If Peres and Labor are defeated, the Likud Party has vowed to put the brakes on the peace movement.· This in turn raises a series of further issues about rights of crucial importance to the peace movement.· The idea that the peace movement was responsible for the National Government's policy of appeasement will not withstand examination.· The peace movement and the criminal law None of these protests proved of any avail.· Campbell's argument would imply a strategy for the peace movement that is heavily law-based, or at least centred on legal institutions.
· Rowland had assisted in peace negotiations from 1984.· Although further peace negotiations were scheduled for the latter half of 1991, the situation remained unresolved.· The move was conceivably intended to thwart peace negotiations conducted by the archbishop of Canterbury.· It was announced on Feb. 25 that a ceasefire had been agreed in principle as a prelude to full peace negotiations.· Intensified diplomatic activity from mid-June around the possibility of peace negotiations had not inspired much optimistic comment.
· While the government-in-exile headed by Sawyer proposed to send representatives to Monrovia to discuss its peace plan, the military conflict continued.· Sierra Leone is a matter of a bad peace plan and bad military organisation on the ground.
· This superbly staged meeting between the two heads of state did little to further the peace process in the Middle East.· Some introduced measures in Congress to prevent Washington from helping move the peace process forward.· This is the essence of a reasonable peace process.· Mr Trimble is a vital part ofthe peace process.· However, two important developments occurred to derail the peace process.· I agree with him about the irreversibility of the peace process.· We strongly support the peace process in the Middle East.· This international acceptance was emphatically less the result of the peace process than of the Uprising.
· He found it hard enough to persuade senior officers to go along with the peace settlement.· The tentative discussions in Washington towards a peace settlement are now irrelevant.· It was an essential part of the peace settlement package but has a wider significance than just between the parties.· The Soviet leadership appeared concerned that it should ensure for itself a role in any future Middle East peace settlement.
· Abetted by her husband, she refused to countenance the renunciations which Henry was to make in the peace treaty.· In the spring of 1950 decisions were reached in Washington that at last pointed the way forward towards a peace treaty.· It is the first of several accords that are expected to culminate in a peace treaty to formally end the Chiapas conflict.
· Independent means gave her the opportunity to devote her life to social causes and world peace.· But Roosevelt believed that world peace required small countries to cease their trouble-making.· After one hundred days of world peace, all surviving were to put it mildly, a little bothered and regretful.· Those from the late 1970s look like advertisements for world peace.· At home, Mami and my sisters and I said a rosary for world peace.· All these developments, reinforced by a stretch of world peace, brought about a great surge in travel.· The lofty but toothless declarations on behalf of world peace and brotherhood of man were gone.
VERB
· That brings peace to our inner conscience.· What kind of love was theirs, that it brought strife instead of peace?· That brings peace to us in the midst of our outward circumstances.· But it will take more than words to bring peace back to the Middle East.· It's hard to see how any of these options brings peace closer.· Beauty leads us on, Harvey, and for some of us presumably it brings satisfaction; peace.· There seems to be only one feasible solution that could bring lasting peace.· Hiring a private nurse or nurse's aide brings peace of mind to patients and their families, say its proponents.
· Kenneth Jackson's crooning struck a wrong note with police who arrested him for allegedly disturbing the peace.· Unfortunately, thoughts of the future Mrs Blue occasionally disturb his growing peace of mind.· Riders heard disturbing the peace will have their registrations noted, and these will then be passed on to the police.· When she none the less returned to school, the board president had her arrested for disturbing the peace.· It disturbed his peace of mind.· I was also frightened that she wrote to accuse me of disturbing her peace.· She promised herself never again to disturb the peace of this man's life.
· So I have to ask you to leave me to find my peace again.· As one biographer reports, it almost killed him, but he found no peace until he had finished every last one.· That was all I needed ... just when I had found a little peace at last.· AsIread during the next few weeks, I began to find the most amazing peace.· Going out into the night George Grindal also hoped to find peace.· You must, in short, become a born-again consumer, redeem yourself, and find peace.· May we find an inner peace and happiness which is beyond the price of money.· He was finding scant peace in his own home these days.
· Blue-helmet blues United Nations forces sometimes have to fight to keep the peace.· To show the world that the United States does not want reunification, it is necessary to keep making new peace proposals.· He protested to Theo at one point that he was trying hard to keep the peace - but how hard?· Some conditions, nevertheless, did contribute toward keeping the peace.· Even so, she wanted to keep the peace so she said nothing when she got indoors.· Carrillo managed to keep the peace and promote cooperation among rival drug bosses.· But Kate knew when enough was enough so she kept her peace.· Callaghan not unreasonably claimed in his memoirs that the Tories won the Falklands War but that Labour had kept the peace.
· Unless these conditions are met, there is no hope of lasting peace in the Middle East.· None of the dreams of lasting peace in Northern Ireland have yet come true.· A lasting peace requires the slate to be wiped clean.· The issue now is to ensure that the ceasefire turns into a lasting peace agreement.· Is Corsica ready to seize the chance of lasting peace?
· The lawyer for the three men cleared says they should now be left in peace.· But the fat lady left me in peace.· And now at least he'd be left in peace to get on with some real work.· Please, Franklin concluded, do not publish that paragraph; he wanted to leave this world at peace with the sects.· They fail to observe the right of the dead to be left in peace.· Did he sense she may be willing to back off and leave him in peace?· So he's staying in sunny California, where punters leave him in peace.· We thought that if women wanted to know about separatism they could read this, and then leave us in peace.
· We remember the past as something bitter, but we are going to create conditions for two communities to live in peace.· Voltaire was wrong, of course, about the degree to which the multitude would live in happiness and peace.· Or, more to the point, how they could live in peace and make money.· You have to live in war and peace the same way.· The other principle is the right of every state in the area to live in peace within secure and recognised borders.· Now Aladdin and his wife lived in peace, and when the old sultan died, Aladdin ruled.· It would be impossible for the affluent to live in peace if conflict after conflict exploded in the third world.· He has certain guarantees to live in peace in Cuernavaca.
· Before Nina dies she and Gael again make peace, she repents her sins, and Gael vows to rewrite his novel.· You see, gentlemen, my position is simply to invite the two nations to come together to make peace.· Was it really too late to go back - to make her peace with Mach?· The national-greatness conservatives, as represented by Kristol and Brooks, make their peace with big government.· It was probably not long after this that they made their peace with the Yorkists and entered Gloucester's service.· In making peace, we are one people.· We're willing to make peace if we can all agree.· However, with his defeat at Puebla, the moderates secured a majority in Congress and determined to make peace.
· From now on Mr Trimble can negotiate peace only under two, severe constraints.· The outcome might then have been a negotiated peace or, at best, a military stalemate, he contends.· The discredited army came under popular pressure to step aside and allow an elected civilian to negotiate a peace process.· Kornblum helped negotiate the peace agreement signed in Dayton, Ohio, last November, which included a 16-page constitution.
· But resting in peace is not always easy.· They need to find the killers of Peter and Gwenda so they can rest in peace.· For Tony, that he may rest in peace, and for his family for their strengthening and peace.· Ashamed of your old man, want the whole gruesome mess to rest in peace?· So much for the residents being allowed to rest in peace.· But the pensioners won't let him rest in peace.· This he would find touching beyond anything: Sien brought to rest, at peace in a thrilling silence.· He was buried in Auchinleck kirkyard but, even in death, he was not allowed to rest in peace.
· Sometimes you're treated like some one who might be able to restore peace there, sometimes like a mere diamond trafficker.· Let us strike the blow which is to restore peace and union to this distracted land.· Even the acquittal pronounced by Athena had not restored to him his peace of mind.
· The fact that the government was willing to sign a new peace agreement was its concession.· Insurgents'; but in 1782 the latter signed a secret peace with Britain, abandoning their allies.· On May 21 Haqqani announced that Masud and Hekmatyar had agreed upon, but not signed, a five-point peace pact.· After seven hours of talks it was announced that they had signed a peace agreement.
· But Richard was in no mood to sue for peace.· She was compelled to sue for peace and under the terms of the Treaty of Paris was disarmed on the Black Sea.· They are prepared to sue for peace.
· Baldwin's task, if he wanted peace, was to prevent this sector from flaring into conflict.· Like many in my generation, I wanted to believe that peace could come from perfect breathing.· If you want to starve in peace.· What she wanted was perfect peace.· Even so, she wanted to keep the peace so she said nothing when she got indoors.· But even if it's just darkness I want that peace.· Why did he want to hold his peace?· All they wanted was the peace of defeat.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
  • Foreigners are seen to contaminate their precious homogeneity and disturb the peace.
  • Here a total sense of calm prevails and only church bells disturb the peace.
  • In 1668 he found himself in gaol once again, this time on a charge of disturbing the peace.
  • Kenneth Jackson's crooning struck a wrong note with police who arrested him for allegedly disturbing the peace.
  • Riders heard disturbing the peace will have their registrations noted, and these will then be passed on to the police.
  • She promised herself never again to disturb the peace of this man's life.
  • The accused batterer was fined $ 150 for disturbing the peace.
  • When she none the less returned to school, the board president had her arrested for disturbing the peace.
  • Ashamed of your old man, want the whole gruesome mess to rest in peace?
  • But resting in peace is not always easy.
  • But the pensioners won't let him rest in peace.
  • For Tony, that he may rest in peace, and for his family for their strengthening and peace.
  • He hopes to give relatives peace of mind while their loved ones rest in peace.
  • He was buried in Auchinleck kirkyard but, even in death, he was not allowed to rest in peace.
  • So much for the residents being allowed to rest in peace.
  • They need to find the killers of Peter and Gwenda so they can rest in peace.
  • A long time ago, I made peace with the state of Virginia and the South...
  • For almost 20 years, she struggled to make peace with the past.
  • Her main motive was simple: to retrieve the ring and thereby enable Rick to make peace with his family.
  • Only Alik seems to have made peace with his upbringing.
  • Some ODers even made peace with Theory X executives who were willing to back their efforts.
  • In the past, air support from the RAF base at Aden had been enough to keep the peace between the rival warring tribes.
  • The President sent federal troops to Grenada to keep the peace.
  • The U.S. is sending troops overseas again - this time to keep the peace.
  • But for the sake of keeping the peace, it would probably be wise to use his new name.
  • Callaghan not unreasonably claimed in his memoirs that the Tories won the Falklands War but that Labour had kept the peace.
  • He was bound over to keep the peace by magistrates.
  • In the past, this had sufficed to keep the peace between the rival warring tribes.
  • On Vadinamia secrets are kept, and visitors are left strictly alone as long as they keep the peace.
  • Some conditions, nevertheless, did contribute toward keeping the peace.
  • The elder child may be made to give way to the demands of the younger one in order to keep the peace.
  • The judges extrapolated it from the fact that constables hold office under the Crown and are sworn to keep the peace.
  • And since the credit accrued to him, he held his peace.
  • But Kate knew when enough was enough so she kept her peace.
  • But she held her peace and waited for the miracle.
  • Colonel Fergusson nodded indulgently at such pertness and obstinacy, but held his peace.
  • Gorbachev, like any husband in his circumstances, kept his peace.
  • No, better to hold her peace and pretend.
  • So I decide to hold my peace for a little while longer.
  • Why did he want to hold his peace?
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
  • It must also be remembered that the fundamental duty imposed on the police is to prevent a breach of the peace.
  • Novinpoor admitted conduct likely to cause a breach of the peace and was bound over.
  • Sometimes, the prospect of a breach of the peace may form the basis of pre-planned preventive action.
  • To begin with, there was no evidence from either of the policemen concerned that he feared a breach of the peace.
  • What factors may the policeman take into account in deciding whether or not a breach of the peace is likely?
  • Foreigners are seen to contaminate their precious homogeneity and disturb the peace.
  • Here a total sense of calm prevails and only church bells disturb the peace.
  • In 1668 he found himself in gaol once again, this time on a charge of disturbing the peace.
  • Kenneth Jackson's crooning struck a wrong note with police who arrested him for allegedly disturbing the peace.
  • Riders heard disturbing the peace will have their registrations noted, and these will then be passed on to the police.
  • She promised herself never again to disturb the peace of this man's life.
  • The accused batterer was fined $ 150 for disturbing the peace.
  • When she none the less returned to school, the board president had her arrested for disturbing the peace.
► peace-loving/fun-loving/home-loving etc► a road map to peace► shatter the silence/peace
  • They had hoped to force the North to sue for peace.
  • But Richard was in no mood to sue for peace.
  • She was compelled to sue for peace and under the terms of the Treaty of Paris was disarmed on the Black Sea.
  • They are prepared to sue for peace.
Word family
WORD FAMILYnounpeacepeacefulnesspacifierpacifismpacifistadjectivepeacefulpeaceablepacifistadverbpeacefullypeaceablyverbpacify
1no war [singular, uncountable] a situation in which there is no war or fighting:  The country is at peace with its neighbours for the first time in years. By the end of the century, France had made peace with Britain. a city where people of different religions have lived together in peace for centuries efforts to bring peace to the region a dangerous situation which threatens world peacepeace between a lasting peace between the two sides An uneasy peace continued until 1939. the Northern Ireland peace talks an international peace conference the peace treaty that ended the First World War the Middle East peace process2no noise/interruptions [uncountable] a very quiet and pleasant situation in which you are not interruptedin peace I’ll leave you now and let you get dressed in peace. I wish she would just leave me in peace. All I want is some peace and quiet.3calm/not worried [uncountable] a feeling of being calm, happy, and not worried:  the search for inner peace Having household insurance is supposed to give you peace of mind. Lynn seems to be more at peace with herself these days (=calm, satisfied, no longer worried about anything).4make (your) peace with somebody to end a quarrel with a person or group, especially by telling them you are sorry:  Ann wanted to make her peace with her father before he died.5keep the peace to stop people from fighting, arguing, or causing trouble:  The US is sending troops overseas in order to keep the peace.6hold/keep your peace formal old-fashioned to keep quiet even though you would like to say something7disturb the peace law to behave in a noisy or violent way:  Macklin was charged with disturbing the peace. → breach of the peace at breach1(5)8rest in peace words that are said during a funeral service for someone who has died, or written on a gravestone → RIPCOLLOCATIONS– Meaning 1ADJECTIVES/NOUN + peaceworld peace· The regime poses a threat to world peace.a lasting/permanent peace· He has the chance to forge a lasting peace with the Palestinians.an uneasy peace (=when people have agreed to stop fighting, but the situation is not really calm)· An uneasy peace prevails in the region.a fragile peace (=not likely to last)· The fragile peace between the government and the student protestors broke when military police arrested their leader.peace + NOUNpeace talks/negotiations· A fourth round of peace talks will begin on Monday.a peace conference· Will the US be sending a delegate to the Middle East peace conference?a peace treaty/agreement/accord· The formal signing of the peace agreement took place in Lisbon on May 31.a peace settlement/deal· It is difficult to see how a peace settlement can be achieved.a peace plan· The leadership rejected the peace plan.the peace process· Britain is still committed to the peace process.the peace movement (=people who work together to achieve peace, and the things they do)· As a young man, he was involved in the peace movement.a peace campaigner/protester/activist· Several peace campaigners were arrested at the demonstration.a peace rally (=large public meeting in support of peace)· CND organised a massive peace rally in Trafalgar Square attended by over a million people.a peace envoy (=a government representative)· The EU is sending a special peace envoy to the area.a peace mission (=officials who are sent by their government to another country to discuss peace)· India’s prime minister sent a peace mission to the Gulf.verbsmake peace (with somebody) (=agree to stop fighting)· Hardliners criticized the Israeli prime minister for trying to make peace with the Palestinians.bring peace to a place· She was praised for her efforts to bring peace to the region.restore peace· The emperor’s brother was able to restore peace in the troubled areas.maintain peace· They’re trying to maintain peace.live in peace (with somebody)· I hope we can learn to live in peace.be at peace (with somebody) (=not be involved in a war)· Officially England was at peace with Spain.phrasespeace and security· The UN was designed to uphold global peace and security.peace and stability· The people of Congo richly deserve peace and stability.peace and prosperity· We have had eight years of peace and prosperity.COLLOCATIONS– Meaning 2phrasespeace and quiet· We love the peace and quiet here.peace and tranquillity· People come here to enjoy the peace and tranquillity of this lovely area.a haven of peace (=a very peaceful place)· Your home should be a haven of peace.verbsleave somebody in peace· Answer my question, and then I'll leave you in peace.disturb the peace (=end or spoil it)· Only church bells disturbed the peace.shatter the peace literary (=suddenly end it)· A cry rent the air, shattering the peace.peace reigns literary (=there is peace in a place)· Peace and tranquillity reign in the well-kept grounds.THESAURUSpeace a situation in which there is no war or fighting: · There has been peace in the region for six years now.truce an agreement to stop fighting or arguing with each other for a limited period of time: · The rebels have ended a 17-month-old truce.· He called for a truce between Israeli and Palestinian forces.· There was an uneasy truce between Lily and Stephen at dinner.ceasefire an agreement to stop fighting for a limited period of time, especially in order to discuss making peace: · The two sides agreed to a ceasefire which would come into force immediately.armistice a formal agreement to stop fighting a war and to discuss making peace: · The Korean armistice was signed in July 1953.calm a situation in which there is no violence, argument, or protest: · Attempts by the police to restore calm in the area failed.
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