| 释义 |
non-prolifeˈration
[non- 1.]
The prevention of an increase in the number of countries possessing nuclear weapons. Freq. attrib.
1965Times 13 July 12/3 It would, however, only be prepared to subscribe to an east-west agreement on non-proliferation when the problem of nuclear security within the Atlantic Alliance had been satisfactorily settled. 1965Newsweek 26 July 36/2 The price for a Russian agreement on a non-proliferation pact. 1974Friend 1 Feb. 114/2 The premier..is committed under the Non-Proliferation Treaty to negotiate an end to the nuclear arms race. 1974Times 20 May 15/2 Some Afro-Asian countries..maintained that the non-proliferation treaty was..a plot to maintain the hegemony of those who already had the bomb. |