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- a thing that discourages or is intended to discourage someone from doing something威慑力量, 吓阻力量, 制止力量; 威慑物。
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- a nuclear weapon or weapons system regarded as deterring an enemy from attack核威慑。
- able or intended to deter有威慑力的; 能起威慑作用的; 目的在威慑…的; 吓阻的：
the deterrent effect of heavy prison sentences.
重刑判决的威慑作用。
派生词
deterrence
noun词源
early 19th cent.: from Latin deterrent- 'deterring'， from the verb deterrere （see DETER）.