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1. N-SING 虚张声势的战争；假战争 A phoney war is when two opposing groups are openly hostile towards each other or are in competition with each other, as if they were at war, but there is no real fighting. 

  • There is a chance that the phoney war of the past three months will turn into real fighting.

    过去3个月的虚张声势有可能演变成真正的战争。