deterrence
英 [dɪˈterəns]
美 [dɪˈtɜːrəns]
n. (尤指对战争或犯罪的)威慑，吓阻，遏制
Collins.1 / BNC.17622 / COCA.12091
柯林斯词典
- N-UNCOUNT （尤指对战争或犯罪的）威慑，吓阻，遏制
Deterrenceis the prevention of something, especially war or crime, by having something such as weapons or punishment to use as a threat.- ...policies of nuclear deterrence.
核威慑政策
- ...policies of nuclear deterrence.
英英释义
noun
- the act or process of discouraging actions or preventing occurrences by instilling fear or doubt or anxiety
- a communication that makes you afraid to try something
- a negative motivational influence
双语例句
- Militarily, our basic defense strategy is deterrence.
在军事上，我们的基本防御战略是威慑战略。 - Peace in Europe may depend on Washington striking exactly the right balance between deterrence and diplomacy.
欧洲的和平可能依赖于美国在威慑与外交斡旋之间达成合理的平衡。 - China's limited nuclear counterattack ability is entirely for deterrence against possible nuclear attacks by other countries.
中国保持有限的核反击力量，是为了遏制他国对中国可能的核攻击。 - Yet the modernization of our strategic and conventional forces will assure that deterrence works and peace prevails.
然而只有使我们的战略力量和常规力量都现代化了，才能保证威慑有效，和平占上风。 - Forward deployment adds credibility and flexibility to our basic military strength and so enhances deterrence.
军事力量前沿部署的战略为我们基本军事力量增加了可信性和灵活性，同时也加强了威慑力。 - The age of deterrence is now the age of control, averting catastrophe fron weapons of mass destruction.
控制了这个时代，就如同用军事力量威胁着这个时代，但同时也能防止大规模杀伤性武器带来的灾难。 - The essential oil showed strong non-selective antifeedant and oviposition deterrence effect, but the persistence was not good.
龙柏精油对小菜蛾具有较强的非选择性拒食作用和产卵忌避作用，但由于精油的挥发性效果不持久。 - The war, Israeli officials say, has been fought in the name of deterrence.
以色列官员称，战争是以威慑的名义打响的。 - Is external intervention into civil wars best thought of as a deterrence problem or a coercion problem?
对内战的外部干预最好被看作是威慑问题还是高压政治问题？ - Will our deterrence posture help the United States encourage others to reduce their arsenals and advance our nonproliferation agenda?
我们的威慑姿态是否将有助于美国鼓励其他国家减少它们的库存和推动我们的核不扩散议程？