单词 | peacetime |
释义 | peacetime (once / 4761 pages) n If a country isn't involved in any wars for a certain length of time, that period is called peacetime. During peacetime, a government may cut back on their military budget and focus on education for a change. After the battles of World War II that raged across Europe, the period that followed was considered an era of peacetime for both Western Europe and the United States. The country that's enjoying the longest current stretch of peacetime is Sweden, which hasn't been involved in a war for over two hundred years. Peacetime in Japan during the Edo period started in 1603 and lasted 250 years. WORD FAMILYpeacetime: peacetimes USAGE EXAMPLESBut Syria's war slashed production at his factory in a Damascus suburb to less than 0.5 percent of its peacetime level. Reuters(Dec 23, 2016) Owning health care in America means owning a lot of thorny, difficult problems even in peacetime, like medical inflation. Slate(Dec 16, 2016) “Russia and China see cyber operations as part of a warfare strategy during peacetime,” it says. New York Times(Jul 26, 2016) n a period of time during which there is no war Hyper period, period of time, time period an amount of time |
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