arms race

英 [ˈɑːmz reɪs]

美 [ˈɑːrmz reɪs]

n.  军备竞赛

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牛津词典

noun

• 军备竞赛
  a situation in which countries compete to get the most and best weapons

柯林斯词典

• N-SING 军备竞赛
  Anarms raceis a situation in which two countries or groups of countries are continually trying to get more and better weapons than each other.
  1. ...a conference on ways to control the arms race in the region.
     商讨如何控制该地区军备竞赛的会议

英英释义

noun

• a competition between nations to have the most powerful armaments

双语例句

• China stands for the peaceful use of outer space and opposes arms race in outer space.
  中国主张和平利用太空，反对在太空搞军备竞赛。
• A serious impediment to the attainment of both objectives is the present arms race.
  实现这两个目标的一个严重障碍就是目前的军备竞赛。
• What China fears is a nuclear arms race in the region.
  什么是中国担心该地区出现核军备竞赛。
• Group of Experts on the Economic and Social Consequences of the Arms Race and of Military Expenditures
  军备竞赛和军事支出的经济和社会后果问题专家
• Supercomputers are a classic example of an arms race.
  超级计算机是军备竞赛的一个典型示例。
• India, which developed nuclear weapons in an arms race with Pakistan, is not a signatory of the NPT.
  印度在与巴基斯坦的军备竞赛中发展了核武器，它不是核不扩散条约的签约国。
• The arms race between the countries badly affects people's living standards.
  各国间的军备竞赛严重影响了人们的生活水准。
• Russia says that could start a new arms race.
  俄罗斯表示，这可能启动新的军备竞赛。
• The temptation to rev up the arms race with high-tech weapons is especially dangerous
  通过研发高科技武器加速军备竞赛的诱惑尤其危险。
• There are many factors driving this arms race.
  这轮军备竞赛背后有诸多驱动因素。