soft power
noun[U]
politicsspecializeduk/ˈsɒftˌ paʊər/us/ˈsɑːft ˌpaʊ.ɚ/the use of a country'sculturalandeconomicinfluencetopersuadeothercountriesto do something,ratherthan the use ofmilitarypower:
(国家的)软实力,软力量When it comes tosoftpower, Germany is now one of the mostpowerfulnationsonearth.说到软实力,德国现在是世界上最强大的国家之一。
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International relations: international politics & government
- accession
- airspace
- allied
- Anglo-American
- anti-Stalinist
- bipolar
- confederacy
- G7
- GATT
- Geneva Convention
- geopolitical
- internationalism
- internationalize
- multilateral
- occupied
- pariah
- perestroika
- political asylum
- power politics
- the G8
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