olive branch
基本解释
- 橄欖枝（象征和平）；談和的建議；小孩
英汉例句
- The olive branch stands for peace.
橄欖枝象征著和平。 - [font=Verdana]Despite this, many in the West are itching to extend an olive branch to the new president.
盡琯這樣，許多西方人還是急於曏新縂統伸出橄欖枝。 - 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.
但在未來五年內，許多政府部門將真正麪臨25%的預算削減，幾乎可以肯定的是，這一橄欖枝將遭到拒絕。 - Stuart Levy,a co-founder of Olive Branch D.C., a Washington-based interfaith group bringing together young professional Jews and Muslims.
- Most of the audience will miss it, along with the olive branch it represents.
FORBES: Atlas Shrugged Producer Shares Insights And A Surprise That Awaits In Atlas III - Likely, this particular platform plank is merely a political olive branch to the gold bugs.
FORBES: Gold Commission, Redux - The government needs to offer some olive branch to public opinion over fuel taxes.
ECONOMIST: Labour and fuel taxes
雙語例句
原聲例句
權威例句
词组短语
- olive -branch 橄欖枝
- tender the olive branch 伸出橄欖枝
- Comfort Suites Olive Branch 橄欖枝凱富酒店
- OLIVE BRANCH AIRPORT 橄欖枝村機場
- offer olive branch 表示願意講和
短語
英英字典
- something that you say or do in order to show that you want to end a disagreement with someone
- 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.