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

• 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。
• Specialists in nuclear deterrence occupy a world that requires the coldly rational contemplation of completely insane courses of action.
  核威慑专家所处的，是一个需要对完全疯狂的行为进行冷静理性思考的世界。
• 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。
• Militarily, our basic defense strategy is deterrence.
  在军事上，我们的基本防御战略是威慑战略。
• 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。
• 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。
• Group of governmental experts to carry out a study on deterrence;
  研究威慑的政府专家组；
• 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。
• 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。