entente cordiale

noun

1. （尤指英法两国间的）友好关系
   a friendly relationship between two countries, especially between Britain and France

1. Electoral pacts would not work, but an entente cordiale might.
   选举协定不会起作用，但是政府间的谅解也许可以。
2. Britain and France, whose alliance dated to the entente cordiale of1904 and two world wars, drew opposite lessons from this humiliation.
   英法联盟可追溯至1904年的友好协议和两次世界大战期间的联盟，但这次羞辱成了反面教材。

noun

1. a friendly understanding between political powers

   Synonym:    entente

2. an informal alliance between countries

   Synonym:    entente