1.制止,威慑
2.制止物,威慑力量;制止因素,威慑因素(指保持庞大军力以遏制敌方不敢发动战争)
1.the idea that people will decide not to do something if they believe that something unpleasant could happen to them as a result
2.the idea that the possession of a particular weapon will make other countries afraid to attack the country that owns it
1.NATO insiders say that some member countries have begun to see BMD as an alternative to nuclear deterrence, not as a complement to it.
北约内部人士表示，一些成员国不再将BMD系统看成是核威慑力量补充，而是其替代品。
2.Designed as an act of deterrence against North Korea, it has turned into something of a battle of wills with China.
演习的本意是威慑朝鲜，但实际上已变得有点像是与中国的意气之争。
3.But the concept of deterrence depends on the threat of certain retaliation that would cause a rational attacker to think twice.
但是，防御的概念是基于确定的报复行为威胁之上的，而发动报复行为时，理智的袭击者都会考虑再三。
4.Was that enormous number crucial to deterrence, knowing that it was many times what is required for mutually assured destruction?
既然知道该库存量已经远远超过相互摧毁所需的数量，这一庞大的数字对威慑力真有那么重要吗？
5.Osama bin Laden has no interest in deterrence or other forms of deadly bargaining.
奥萨马-本-拉登（OsamabinLaden）对于威慑或其它形式的殊死谈判毫无兴趣。
6.For the moment, deterrence keeps the peace. But a peace maintained by deterrence alone is a frail thing.
当前，虽然威慑力量保持了和平，但由威慑单独支撑的和平总归是脆弱的。
7.The age of deterrence is now the age of control , averting catastrophe fron weapons of mass destruction .
控制了这个时代，就如同用军事力量威胁着这个时代，但同时也能防止大规模杀伤性武器带来的灾难。
8.Imagine if we declare a unilateral ceasefire and a few days later rockets fall on Ashkelon. What will that do to Israel's deterrence?
试想一下如果我们单方面宣布停火，几天之后又有火箭袭击奥斯克隆，那我们的停战又意味着什么呢？
9.He said : "In line with this rate, Real persons still get good profits, not deterrence . "
他说，“按照这个税率，炒房者照样可以获得不错的利润，没有威慑力。”
10.Mr Steinmeier asserted this month that peace was "no longer based on military deterrence but on the willingness for co-operation. "
这个月Steinmeier先生断言说，和平“不再以军事威慑为基础，而是以合作的意愿为基础。”