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单词 war machine
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Definition of war machine in English:

war machine

noun
  • 1The military resources of a country organized for waging war.

    (一个国家发动战争的)军事资源

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Can we stand idly by while in the name of the fight against terrorism countries are bombed or invaded by the US war machine?
    • It is about a desire on the part of those that have hijacked the American government to create a permanent war machine abroad, and a proto-fascist state at home.
    • There were no Afghanistan terrorists on those planes and no one on the ground there is particularly keen on being bombed by the US war machine.
    • The company was so wound up with the German war machine, the Australian army raided its offices in 1914 to end its traffic with enemy agencies.
    • Hydroelectric dams - invincible to the inaccuracies of high-altitude bombing - powered the Reich's war machine.
    • Derek Durkin from Scotland No 2 branch added, ‘We can't continue to finance a war machine that is gunning down our members.
    • Whatever the future for the National Missile Defence system, the might of the US war machine is already daunting.
    • Many German-Americans would serve alongside US forces fighting the Axis war machine in World War II.
    • However, with both an over-extended war machine and an economy dependent like the war machine - on rapidly dwindling fossil fuels, that disaster may not be long in the offing
    • We call for the dismantling of the Pentagon war machine and the elimination of all weapons of mass destruction, above all in the United States and other imperialist centers.
    • This is no time to stand with a Labour government that has thrown its lot in with the US war machine while attacking groups like the firefighters at home.
    • Pearl Harbor became a battle cry, and the U.S. war machine was put in high gear and led to the defeat of Imperial Japanese troops in 1945.
    • With a huge war machine, the US government will gain in military terms.
    • When polls show 70% of Americans against war, the war machine has a problem.
    • Overnight, it seemed, our war machine metastasized and our mass media militarized.
    • Monty was a highly experienced soldier, the hero of the battle of El Alamein; Eisenhower was the Supreme Commander with ultimate authority to direct the vast resources of the allied war machine.
    • The game is played out in real time as you build bases and command armies while making sure you are harvesting enough resources to keep the war machine going.
    • To meet the needs of the Iraqi war machine and the servicing of government debt, the Baath Party stepped up attacks on the working class.
    • During World War I, while some young men donned doughboy uniforms in the service for Uncle Sam at a government wage, others went into factories to arm the war machine.
    • The Soviet war machine in this period was arguably the most powerful in Europe and increasing in potency year by year.
  • 2An instrument or weapon of war.

    战争机器;战争武器

    Example sentencesExamples
    • They cant find there target the war machine fires again, colour and light sent directly at us.
    • Commanders may also control huge mechanical war machines, devastating artillery and gigantic starships as they attempt to obliterate their adversaries into space dust.
    • Shaped roughly like an eagle with forward facing wings, this war machine had seen all the major space battles fought in the last seven years.
    • In the science fiction movie, soldiers topple an alien war machine literally on its last legs.
    • He turned and dived out from the momentary cover as it crumbled under the war machine's onslaught, returning fire with the twin weapons as he continued to evade his pursuer.
    • Stone is skilled at every conceivable battle plan, every conceivable weapon, war machine, or fighting style, and every possible way to win or lose any situation.
    Synonyms
    weapons, weapons of war, weaponry, firearms, guns, ordnance, cannon, artillery, armaments, munitions, instruments of war, war machines, military supplies, materiel

Definition of war machine in US English:

war machine

noun
  • 1The military resources of a country organized for waging war.

    (一个国家发动战争的)军事资源

    Example sentencesExamples
    • However, with both an over-extended war machine and an economy dependent like the war machine - on rapidly dwindling fossil fuels, that disaster may not be long in the offing
    • The game is played out in real time as you build bases and command armies while making sure you are harvesting enough resources to keep the war machine going.
    • Hydroelectric dams - invincible to the inaccuracies of high-altitude bombing - powered the Reich's war machine.
    • With a huge war machine, the US government will gain in military terms.
    • The Soviet war machine in this period was arguably the most powerful in Europe and increasing in potency year by year.
    • The company was so wound up with the German war machine, the Australian army raided its offices in 1914 to end its traffic with enemy agencies.
    • This is no time to stand with a Labour government that has thrown its lot in with the US war machine while attacking groups like the firefighters at home.
    • Overnight, it seemed, our war machine metastasized and our mass media militarized.
    • Many German-Americans would serve alongside US forces fighting the Axis war machine in World War II.
    • We call for the dismantling of the Pentagon war machine and the elimination of all weapons of mass destruction, above all in the United States and other imperialist centers.
    • Pearl Harbor became a battle cry, and the U.S. war machine was put in high gear and led to the defeat of Imperial Japanese troops in 1945.
    • It is about a desire on the part of those that have hijacked the American government to create a permanent war machine abroad, and a proto-fascist state at home.
    • Monty was a highly experienced soldier, the hero of the battle of El Alamein; Eisenhower was the Supreme Commander with ultimate authority to direct the vast resources of the allied war machine.
    • When polls show 70% of Americans against war, the war machine has a problem.
    • Derek Durkin from Scotland No 2 branch added, ‘We can't continue to finance a war machine that is gunning down our members.
    • Whatever the future for the National Missile Defence system, the might of the US war machine is already daunting.
    • To meet the needs of the Iraqi war machine and the servicing of government debt, the Baath Party stepped up attacks on the working class.
    • During World War I, while some young men donned doughboy uniforms in the service for Uncle Sam at a government wage, others went into factories to arm the war machine.
    • There were no Afghanistan terrorists on those planes and no one on the ground there is particularly keen on being bombed by the US war machine.
    • Can we stand idly by while in the name of the fight against terrorism countries are bombed or invaded by the US war machine?
  • 2An instrument or weapon of war.

    战争机器;战争武器

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Stone is skilled at every conceivable battle plan, every conceivable weapon, war machine, or fighting style, and every possible way to win or lose any situation.
    • They cant find there target the war machine fires again, colour and light sent directly at us.
    • In the science fiction movie, soldiers topple an alien war machine literally on its last legs.
    • He turned and dived out from the momentary cover as it crumbled under the war machine's onslaught, returning fire with the twin weapons as he continued to evade his pursuer.
    • Shaped roughly like an eagle with forward facing wings, this war machine had seen all the major space battles fought in the last seven years.
    • Commanders may also control huge mechanical war machines, devastating artillery and gigantic starships as they attempt to obliterate their adversaries into space dust.
    Synonyms
    weapons, weapons of war, weaponry, firearms, guns, ordnance, cannon, artillery, armaments, munitions, instruments of war, war machines, military supplies, materiel
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