North Atlantic Treaty Organization
(缩略词： NATO)
- an association of European and North American states, formed in 1949 for the defence of Europe and the North Atlantic against the perceived threat of Soviet aggression. It includes most major Western powers, although France withdrew from the military side of the alliance in 1966.北大西洋公约组织（欧洲和北美洲国家为预防苏联入侵威胁、保卫欧洲和北大西洋地区而于1949年成立的联盟, 成员包括了主要的西方强国, 但法国于1966年在军事上退出了该联盟）。