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deterrent

/dih-tur-uhnt, -tuhr-, -ter-/US // dɪˈtɜr ənt, -ˈtʌr-, -ˈtɛr- //UK // (dɪˈtɛrənt) //

威慑力,威慑性,威慑力量,威慑

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : serving or tending to deter.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : something that prevents, checks, or suppresses: a deterrent to crime.
    • : something that repels: Our lemongrass-based bug deterrent is natural, safe, and effective.
    • : military strength or an ability to defend a country or retaliate strongly enough to deter an enemy from attacking.

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Examples

  • Freeman’s industry contacts made it clear that 90 days in jail wouldn’t be much of a deterrent.

  • The pair also are requesting that Congress give the FTC power to issue large civil penalties to first-time offending businesses as a further deterrent to engaging in schemes like Amazon’s, which FTC commissioners called “outrageous.”

  • While collecting wastage data is a good business practice, O’Leary said it is most useful as a deterrent against vaccine providers mishandling or discarding doses irresponsibly.

  • The stock market’s record altitude was no deterrent to individual investors last month, who in true 2020 fashion ended the year snapping up shares.

  • Criminologists find that other consequences of problematic drug use – such as harm to health, reduced quality of life and strained personal relationships – are more effective deterrents than criminal sanctions.

  • This is supposed to act as a deterrent, but may be an incitement.

  • The Iranians thought they needed a credible nuclear deterrent, even if it was virtual, to assure the survival of their regime.

  • Prosecutors described the verdict and the sentencing as a “deterrent.”

  • Still, there may be a deterrent for women that is far less spoken about, at least in polite circles.

  • Concealed carry is good for responding to a crime in progress; open carry is a deterrent to it.

  • As an adjunct of the policy of the deterrent workhouse for the able-bodied, we have to note the coming-in of compulsory detection.

  • It is clear that a sentence of a year or two, or even more each time that a crime is committed, does not act as a deterrent.

  • To this it may be answered that punishment for crime is not intended to be retaliatory, but admonitory and deterrent.

  • It was the infinite pity of His heart that led Him to use a word which might prove the very strongest deterrent.

  • Quay accommodation is no object to such visitors; intricate navigation no deterrent.