单词 | damage control |
释义 | > as lemmasdamage control damage control n. (the exercise of) measures to minimize or control the effect of damage caused by an accident, etc., esp. to a ship; also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > [noun] > making safe > damage control damage control1959 damage limitation1963 1938 Engineering 22 July 116/3 The problem also requires study from a damage stability viewpoint.] 1959 Chambers's Encycl. IV. 356/2 Damage control, the principles by which a certain degree of control may be exercised over the stability and buoyancy of a ship which has received serious underwater damage. 1982 W. Safire in N.Y. Times Mag. 26 Sept. 12 Whenever anybody in politics or corporate life goofs.., the people who race to minimize the reaction..are said to be engaged in damage control. < as lemmas |
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