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

• 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。
• Is a space-related arms race under way?
  涉及太空的军备竞赛正在进行吗？是的。
• Frank also sidesteps the idea that markets themselves can be structured to eliminate the arms race.
  弗兰克还回避了一点：即可以通过市场本身的结构设计，来消除这种“军备竞赛”。
• 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's anti-satellite test a new arms race in space?
  中国反卫星试验，新的太空竞赛？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• China does not participate in any nuclear arms race, and never deploys any nuclear weapons beyond its borders.
  中国不参加核军备竞赛，也从不在国外部署核武器。
• 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。