| 单词 | peacekeeper |
| 释义 | peacekeeper (once / 7467 pages) 1n 2n The noun peacekeeper means exactly what it sounds like: a person who tries to keep things peaceful, often by mediating conflicts or calming people down. You are a peacekeeper if you're the diplomat in your family, the one who negotiates between feuding siblings or placates a cranky grandfather to ensure that everyone has a pleasant Thanksgiving dinner. The most common way to use the word peacekeeper, however, is to talk about troops that are sent into another country for non-military purposes. For example, the United Nations often uses peacekeepers to calm tensions within countries in danger of civil war or violent uprisings. WORD FAMILYpeacekeeper: peacekeepers USAGE EXAMPLESA nervous patrol of United Nations peacekeepers sweated in an armoured truck. The Guardian(Dec 27, 2016) They were now U.N. peacekeepers, sent from Burundi to help protect victims of a brutal war in the Central African Republic. Washington Post(Dec 23, 2016) This arrangement should be codified by negotiation and upheld in part by international peacekeepers. Wall Street Journal(Dec 16, 2016) 1 1n someone who keeps peace she's the peacekeeper in that family Hyper defender, guardian, protector, shielder a person who cares for persons or property 2n a member of a military force that is assigned (often with international sanction) to preserve peace in a trouble area 2Hyper soldier an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army n the pistol of a law officer in the old West Hyper handgun, pistol, shooting iron, side arm a firearm that is held and fired with one hand |
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