arms race

英 [ˈɑːmz reɪs]

美 [ˈɑːrmz reɪs]

n.  军备竞赛

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牛津词典

noun

• 军备竞赛
  a situation in which countries compete to get the most and best weapons

柯林斯词典

• N-SING 军备竞赛
  Anarms raceis a situation in which two countries or groups of countries are continually trying to get more and better weapons than each other.
  1. ...a conference on ways to control the arms race in the region.
     商讨如何控制该地区军备竞赛的会议

英英释义

noun

• a competition between nations to have the most powerful armaments

双语例句

• But this particular arms race isn't in a dead heat the mavens of malware are winning it.
  但这不是一场势均力敌的军备竞赛，恶意软件的行家赢了。
• The missile-reduction treaty makes sweeping cuts, but the arms race isn't over by a long shot.
  导弹削减条约大幅度减少了导弹数量，然而军备竞赛还远没有停止。
• China does not participate in any nuclear arms race, and never deploys any nuclear weapons beyond its borders.
  中国不参加核军备竞赛，也从不在国外部署核武器。
• The temptation to rev up the arms race with high-tech weapons is especially dangerous
  通过研发高科技武器加速军备竞赛的诱惑尤其危险。
• All those who love peace are strongly against arms race.
  一切爱好和平的人们都要求禁止原子武器。所有爱好和平的人都强烈反对军备竞赛。
• Supercomputers are a classic example of an arms race.
  超级计算机是军备竞赛的一个典型示例。
• Drug companies and our own antibodies are in a constant arms race with relatively simple organisms.
  医药公司和我们自身的抗体长期与一些简单的微生物病毒进行的持久的军备竞赛。
• India, which developed nuclear weapons in an arms race with Pakistan, is not a signatory of the NPT.
  印度在与巴基斯坦的军备竞赛中发展了核武器，它不是核不扩散条约的签约国。
• But the comparison with the nuclear arms race is, if anything, a little too comforting.
  但把它与核军备竞赛作比较就有点太让人安慰（若有的话）了。
• China's anti-satellite test a new arms race in space?
  中国反卫星试验，新的太空竞赛？