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deterrence

/dih-tur-uhns, -tuhr-, -ter-/US // dɪˈtɜr əns, -ˈtʌr-, -ˈtɛr- //

阻吓力,威慑力,阻吓,阻吓性

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act of deterring, especially deterring a nuclear attack by the capacity or threat of retaliating.

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  • We need to understand what does it really take to have a credible nuclear deterrence capability that’s foundational to every war plan that we would have if, God forbid, we had to take on a China, take on a Russia.

  • In South Philadelphia, the city instituted its own version of focused deterrence.

  • A judge typically considers deterrence — in this case, sending a message to other cops that, if they abuse their badge as Chauvin did, they will be severely punished.

  • With cyber, there is little experience on what constitutes or justifies escalation or the dynamics of deterrence.

  • We expect real deterrence, and we have the capacity to do so.

  • In the classic phrase of deterrence, we want all such actors to wake up each morning and think: Not today.

  • Of course, every nuclear capable air force runs exercises to practice its so-called “strategic deterrence.”

  • Notably, the future of the nuclear-deterrence triad seems more assured than it has for many years.

  • Russia, he told listeners, is “strengthening our nuclear deterrence forces.”

  • The El Paso brand of deterrence is just as much directed at smugglers as immigrants, if not more so.

  • Nature has provided as far as possible for deterrence from over-interest.

  • For five decades, we have been successful in applying containment and deterrence in the Cold War.

  • When deterrence or diplomacy failed as in Kuwait, then the use of force was inevitable.

  • Let us assume the legitimate end of all punishment to be deterrence.

  • It follows that we must understand "deterrence" in a wider sense than we have hitherto given to it.