| 释义 |
nuclearize, v.|ˈnjuːklɪəraɪz|
[f. nuclear a. 3 + -ize.]
1. trans. To supply or equip (a nation) with nuclear weapons. So ˌnucleariˈzation.
1960New Left Rev. Nov.–Dec. 4/1 A generalised discontent with the prospects of a nuclearised Germany. Ibid. 8/1 The NEC is against the nuclearisation of West Germany. 1967Times 20 Jan. 11/7 The difficulty of predicting the resolution of crises in advance, from the blockade of Berlin to the nuclearization of Cuba.
2. To render (a family, etc.) nuclear in character (see nuclear a. 1 e). rare.
1972P. Laslett Household & Family in Past Time 55 The extent to which the domestic group has been ‘nuclearised’, that is, has lost extension and multiplicity. |