| 释义 |
non-ˈnuclear, a.
[non- 3.]
That is not nuclear (in various senses); spec. not possessing nuclear weapons; esp. in non-nuclear club, a group of nations that agrees not to possess nuclear weapons. Hence as n., something non-nuclear; spec. a nation that has no nuclear weapons.
1920W. W. Strong New Philos. of Mod. Sci. 103 Present day theories of the atom assume that the positive charge on the nucleus is equal in magnitude to the charge of the non-nuclear or planetary electrons. 1932H. H. Price Perception viii. 258 If the sense-datum is a non-nuclear one, we cannot possibly move towards it. 1950New Biol. VIII. 20 The unequal distribution of some non-nuclear hereditary substance. 1956Bull. Atomic Sci. June 204/1 The nonnuclear nations may have the feeling that they alone constitute the stakes in the great struggle for world hegemony that the East is waging with the West. 1957Ibid. Sept. 260/2 The U.S. on June 26 also proposed a reduction of nonnuclear weapons. 1959Daily Tel. 6 July 6/2 His [sc. Mr. Gaitskell's] promise to try to form a non-nuclear club under British leadership. 1961Y. Olsson Syntax Eng. Verb vi. 95 The most restricted collocability gives the nucleus and the most general collocability gives the non-nuclear elements. Ibid. 127 The Nv-expansion contains no non-nuclears. 1966Economist 13 Aug. 634/1 Keeping the devices out of non-nuclear hands (and sight), but providing the service at a much lower cost than the non-nuclears would face. 1967Observer 26 Feb. 10/6 The current leader of the non-nuclear club is Germany. 1968Mrs. L. B. Johnson White House Diary 1 July (1970) 692 The United States, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union, as well as fifty-eight non-nuclear nations, signed the Treaty. |