olive branch

英 美
  • n. 橄榄枝
Noun:
  1. something offered to an adversary in the hope of obtaining peace

1. Management is holding out an olive branch to the strikers.
资方向罢工者伸出了橄榄枝。

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2. Clarke also offered an olive branch to critics in his party.
克拉克还向党内的批评人士递出了橄榄枝。

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3. Whatever the history, the olive branch is a part of many modem flags symbolizing peace and unity.
无论历史如何,橄榄枝都是现代旗帜的一部分,象征着和平与团结。

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4. The olive branch stands for peace.
橄榄枝象征着和平。

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5. An olive branch represents peace.
橄榄枝代表和平。

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6. That was in a town called Olive Branch.
这个镇叫做橄榄枝镇。

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7. The olive branch is the emblem of peace.
橄榄枝是和平的象征。

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8. Thee olive branch is the emblem of peace.
橄榄枝是和平的象征。

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9. They compared Quanzhou to an olive branch.
所以就把泉州比喻成橄榄枝。

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10. The dove and the olive branch become the symbols of peace.
鸽子和橄榄枝成为和平的象征。

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11. Does this green olive branch stand for the "green Olympic"?
这绿色的橄榄枝不正是代表着“绿色奥运”吗?

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12. This is the first version, which includes an olive branch motif.
该版本是第一个,包括了橄榄枝。

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13. Jill was the first to hold out the olive branch after our argument.
我们俩争吵后,吉尔首先作出和解的表示。

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14. To "pass an olive branch" is to make peaceful or reconciliatory overtures.
抛橄榄枝,指倾向和平或和解的提议。 。

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15. To "pass an olive branch" is to make peaceful or reconciliatory overtures.
抛橄榄枝,指倾向和平或和解的提议。

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16. I'd like to hear from you if you've been able to extend that olive branch and offer forgiveness.
我希望能够听到你曾经主动伸出橄榄枝讲和并原谅别人的事情。

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17. Israel says it is extending an olive branch to Syria in a bid to end an escalating war of words.
以色列向叙利亚抛出了橄榄枝,试图结束双方的口水战。

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18. Athens chose olive branch as a symbol of peace and friendship in the first modern Olympic Games.
雅典在第一届现代奥运会选择橄榄树枝作为和平和友谊的象征。

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19. Because an olive branch is an ancient symbol of friendship, this expression means to seek peace.
因为橄榄枝是古时候友谊的象征,这个词汇的意思是寻求和解。

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20. The committee appointed Joshua as their counselor, which was a mutual olive branch between them.
委员会委派乔舒亚作为他们的顾问,这是他们之间相互和解的姿态。

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21. Whatever the history, the olive branch is a part of many modern flags symbolising peace and unity.
无论什么历史时期,橄榄枝是象征和平和统一的许多的标志之一。

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22. Athens chose olive branch as symbolization of peace and friendship in the first modern Olympic Games.
雅典选择了橄榄枝,作为象征和平与友谊在第一届现代奥林匹克运动会。

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23. [color=#000000]It is still harder to know what to make of a more eccentric offer of a sporting olive branch.
更让人看不懂的是韩国伸出的体育橄榄枝。

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24. Both the olive branch and the colorful flag round the Goddess symbolize the great unity of the whole world.
橄榄枝和国旗环绕在女神的周围,象征着世界各国的大团结。

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25. I've been trying to think of a way to set an example - to come up with an olive branch that doesn't go overboard.
我一直在想办法举出一个例子——抛出一根不会太过分的橄榄枝。

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26. I've been trying to think of a way to set an example - to come up with an olive branch that doesn't go overboard.
我一直在想办法举出一个例子——抛出一根不会太过分的橄榄枝。

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    用作名词 (n.)
    1. The olive branch is the emblem of peace.
      橄榄枝是和平的象征。
    2. There's a branch of an live tree in one claw.
      一只鹰爪里紧握着一支橄榄枝。

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