The rebels have declared a cease-fire in their war of attrition against the government.

在与政府的消耗战中，叛军已宣布停火。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

Never for a moment has the fire of war ceased.

战火一刻也没有间断过。

《新英汉大辞典》

We hired a second world war Catalina seaplane, one of just three operating in the world, and had to bring in a fire-fighting pilot from Canada to fly it.

我们租了一架二战时期的水上飞机（世界上还在使用的三架这类飞机中的一架），我们还必须从加拿大请来一名消防飞行员来驾驶它。

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