deterrent 的 2 个定义
- serving or tending to deter.
- 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.
deterrent 近义词
impediment, restraint
deterrent 的近义词 14 个
- disincentive
- hindrance
- obstacle
- bridle
- check
- curb
- defense
- determent
- discouragement
- leash
- preventative
- preventive
- rein
- shackle
deterrent 的反义词 5 个
更多deterrent例句
- 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.