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
- Specialists in nuclear deterrence occupy a world that requires the coldly rational contemplation of completely insane courses of action.
核威慑专家所处的,是一个需要对完全疯狂的行为进行冷静理性思考的世界。 - These are the three commonly stated purposes of tort law: deterrence or incentives, compensation, and fairness.
侵权行为法有三个常见的既定目的:威慑或激励、补偿和公正。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - That way, nuclear deterrence would be maintained-while reducing the risk of tragic accidents.
如此一来,核威慑将得以保持,同时降低了发生悲剧性事件的风险。 - 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? - 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。 - Group of governmental experts to carry out a study on deterrence;
研究威慑的政府专家组; - Two superpowers locked in a long-term confrontationunderstood the logic of deterrence.
两个长期对峙的超级大国明白威慑的基本原理。