英语释义

• 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

• a negative motivational influence

片语

preventer妨碍物；妨碍者；预防物

deterrence rates忌避率

deterrence effect威慑效果

conventional deterrence常规威慑

minimum deterrence最低吓阻

Deterrence TheoryIn foreign affairs, deterrence is a strategy intended to dissuade an adversary from undertaking an action not yet started, or to prevent them from doing something that another state desire Deterrence theory gained increased prominence as a military strategy during the Cold War with regard to the use of nuclear weapon

forward deterrence前沿威慑

strategic deterrence战略威慑

extended deterrence延伸威慑

英汉例句

• for a powerful but small country, in the midst of hostile peoples, deterrence means showing a readiness to fight, and to inflict enough death and destruction so that foes think twice about attacking.

  对于一个强大但小，周围敌国林立的国家来说，威慑意味着表现出不畏战、不怕牺牲和不怕毁灭的精神，从而使得敌人在战前三思而行。

• the interaction would be even more complicated because the notions of deterrence and preemption are not symmetrical between these two sides.

  使双方交往变得更为复杂的是双方有关威慑和先发制人的概念并不完全对称。

• deterrence also means restoring the standing of the israel defence forces.

  威慑的另一层含义是恢复常设的以国防军。

• 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？

• we just hope that the existing mutual deterrence between the two countries can be preserved.

  我们只是希望中美之间业已存在的相互威慑的战略关系能够得以维持。

• the exercises strengthen communication and coordination between our military and theirs, making us better partners should war arrive and increasing the deterrence effect.

  军事演习加强了双方军队的沟通和协调，使我们在战争来临时更好的合作，增强威慑效果。

• but a peace maintained by deterrence alone is a frail thing.

  但是仅仅靠威慑来维持的和平实在太脆弱了。

• determinate sentencing, on the other hand, reflects a philosophy of deterrence and means that prison time is relatively fixed, whether an inmate behaves well or badly.

  相对的，确定限期刑罚，反映的是以威慑为主的思想，意味着服刑时间相对固定，犯人表现好坏都一样。

• continue to provide regional deterrence and maintain forward presence -- this from a posture that is more and more based in the continental united states.

  继续提供区域性威慑和维持着军事存在这就形成一种越来越多基地设在美国大陆的态势。

• 「this test marks an important step in the modernization and adaptation of france's deterrence within the strict respect of its international engagements, 」 the ministry said.

  「这次测试标志着法国在现代化和严格遵守国际承诺的威慑适应上迈出重要一步」。

• yet satisfaction at such successes is mixed with frustration and an overwhelming feeling that naval deterrence is doing little more than prevent piracy from getting out of control.

  但对这些成功的满足感中仍然参杂着挫败感和更加强烈的感觉，那就是海军的威慑力量还不足以防止海盗脱离控制。