「armistice」與「ceasefire」有何差異？
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Give peace a chance. God bless Ukraine.
給和平一次機會。天佑烏克蘭。
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Russian and Ukrainian officials on Thursday met for a second round of negotiations, after Russian forces invaded Ukraine last week.
自俄羅斯軍隊於上週入侵烏克蘭後，俄羅斯與烏克蘭官員在週四進行了第二輪談判。
Officials from the two countries on Thursday agreed to create safe corridors backed by cease-fires to evacuate more civilians and deliver aid. Ukraine has also sought an armistice during negotiations with Russia.
週四，兩國官員同意建立以 「ceasefire」為基礎的安全走廊（safe corridors），以疏散更多平民並提供援助。烏克蘭也在與俄羅斯的談判中尋求「armistice」。
But what is an armistice? And what is the difference between a cease-fire and an armistice? Would an armistice bring peace to Ukraine?
但何謂「armistice」？「ceasefire」與「armistice」有何差異？「armistice 」能否為烏克蘭帶來和平？
📌 armistice （尤指為進行和談的）停戰（協定）*
declare an armistice 宣佈停戰
An armistice is “an agreement made by opposing sides in a war to suspend hostilities for a certain time,” according to the National Museum of American Diplomacy. Armistices stop a war or other violence, but a state of peace still requires a peace treaty to be negotiated between two countries or other groups, according to The New York Times.
按美國外交國家博物館（National Museum of American Diplomacy）的說法，停戰 (armstice) 是「戰爭中對立雙方就中止（suspend）特定時間內的敵對行動（hostilities）所達成之協議（agreement）」。根據《紐約時報》報導，停戰得以停止戰爭或其他暴力行為，但和平狀態仍需兩國或其他集體間透過談判來達成和平協議（peace treaty）。
📌 ceasefire（通常指兩軍間的）停火協定
declare a ceasefire 宣佈停火
An armistice in a conflict is different than a cease-fire. A cease-fire is an agreement to stop hostilities and pause a conflict through pulling back weapons, creating a demilitarized zone or other measures.
在一場衝突裡，停戰 (armstice)有別於停火(ceasefire)。停火是藉由撤出武器、建立非軍事區域或其他措施來停止敵對行動並暫停衝突的協議。
The safe corridors created in Ukraine will include cease-fires along their path, Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, confirmed.
烏克蘭總統澤倫斯基（Volodymyr Zelenskyy）的顧問波多利雅科（Mykhailo Podolyak）證實，設立於烏克蘭的安全走廊將沿途停火。
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關鍵詞彙
•armistice 停戰
•cease-fire 停火
•safe corridors 安全走廊
•a demilitarized zone 非軍事區域的
•suspend hostilities 暫停，中止敵對行動
•agreement 協議
•peace treaty 和平協議
•accord, treaty, protocol, agreement 的用法: https://bit.ly/3HEejmH
*有些字典會把「armstice」譯為（尤指為進行和談的）停火（協議），停戰（協定）: https://bit.ly/3CeQKj7
英文原文出處: https://bit.ly/3CqwxHz
圖片出處: https://www.history.com/news/world-war-i-armistice-germany-allies