deterrence

英 [dɪˈterəns]

美 [dɪˈtɜːrəns]

n.  (尤指对战争或犯罪的)威慑，吓阻，遏制

法律

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.
  1. ...policies of nuclear deterrence.
     核威慑政策

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
  Synonym:determentintimidation
• a negative motivational influence
  Synonym:disincentive

双语例句

• They argued that our policy of deterrence was still justified.
  他们辩称我们的威慑政策仍然是正当的。
• But not everything can be solved by co-operation, and so the third safeguard is to bolster deterrence.
  但是并不是所有事情都可以通过合作简单解决，因此，第三项保护措施着眼于是加强威慑。
• Yet the modernization of our strategic and conventional forces will assure that deterrence works and peace prevails.
  然而只有使我们的战略力量和常规力量都现代化了，才能保证威慑有效，和平占上风。
• Will our deterrence posture help the United States encourage others to reduce their arsenals and advance our nonproliferation agenda?
  我们的威慑姿态是否将有助于美国鼓励其他国家减少它们的库存和推动我们的核不扩散议程？
• 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。
• 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。
• He will do so until Nato restores deterrence to the core of European security.
  普京将会继续这么做，直至北约（Nato）将威慑重新置于欧洲安全的核心。
• 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。
• Osama bin Laden has no interest in deterrence or other forms of deadly bargaining.
  奥萨马本拉登（OsamabinLaden）对于威慑或其它形式的殊死谈判毫无兴趣。
• 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。