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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

        • All those who love peace are strongly against arms race.
          一切爱好和平的人们都要求禁止原子武器。所有爱好和平的人都强烈反对军备竞赛。
        • The missile-reduction treaty makes sweeping cuts, but the arms race isn't over by a long shot.
          导弹削减条约大幅度减少了导弹数量,然而军备竞赛还远没有停止。
        • The arms race was a "rogue elephant" against which we all must act.
          军备竞赛是一只离群的大象我们大家都必须对它采取行动。
        • 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。
        • But the comparison with the nuclear arms race is, if anything, a little too comforting.
          但把它与核军备竞赛作比较就有点太让人安慰(若有的话)了。
        • The big worry for investors is the cost of this arms race.
          投资者最大的担忧就是这场军备竞赛的成本。
        • This was fuelling an arms race and driving some countries to acquire weapons of mass destruction.
          这种态度和行为正在导致新的军备竞赛出现以及使某些国家设法得到大规模杀伤性武器。
        • China has never participated and will never participate in any arms race in outer space, he said.
          他表示:中国从来没有、今后也不会参加任何形式的外空军备竞赛。
        • Pakistan is in a nuclear arms race with India and says the accord was discriminatory.
          巴基斯坦处于与印度的核军备竞赛中,并说该协议不公平。
        • Is a space-related arms race under way?
          涉及太空的军备竞赛正在进行吗?是的。