单词 | armed neutrality |
释义 | armed neutralityn. 1. A state of military preparedness on the part of a neutral country in wartime, maintained in order to deter or counter aggression on the part of any participant in the war; the policy of maintaining such a state. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > peace > neutrality > [noun] > armed armed neutrality1701 1701 tr. Present State Europe Feb. 45 Most People believe 'tis the Design of this Republick [sc. Venice] to observe an armed Neutrality, and oppose the Emperor's Entrance into Italy through the Venetian Territories. 1746 Museum 6 Dec. 203 The Elector of Bavaria kept a kind of armed Neutrality. c1803 J. Foster Corr. (1846) I. 242 Social decorum is a kind of armed neutrality. 1834 W. S. Archer Speech on Removal of Deposites 16 The Senator from New York also referred to the position of armed neutrality, which..was the position I occupied between contending parties. 1882 A. C. Ewald Earl of Beaconsfield & his Times II. vii. 179/1 He had recommended that the government should adopt the policy of armed neutrality. 1906 W. James Coll. Ess. & Rev. (1920) 462 Pragmatism, according to Papini, is thus only a collection of attitudes and methods, and its chief characteristic is its armed neutrality in the midst of doctrines. 1970 Econ. & Polit. Weekly 10 Jan. 34/1 The sentiment in favour of ‘armed neutrality’ is still very strong in Japan. 2015 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 3 Jan. 26 If armed neutrality were enshrined in our constitution, we would also shed any appearance of being a Western country meddling in Asian affairs. 2. A pact or association between countries to maintain a state of neutrality or defend neutral interests, spec. (more fully League of Armed Neutrality) either of two associations between neutral European powers to resist the British policy of searching neutral shipping in the American War of Independence and the Napoleonic Wars. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > international agreements > [noun] > alliance or confederacy > an alliance > specific alliances auld alliance1566 the League1589 armed neutrality1780 German Confederation1786 Germanic Confederation1815 Holy Alliance1823 the Concert of Europe1841 Sonderbund1847 Triplice1896 Soviet block1919 communist bloc1922 Eastern bloc1922 Soviet bloc1924 axis1936 Rome–Berlin Axis1936 Eastern block1938 communist block1941 Western European Union1944 Arab League1945 Western Union1948 Atlantic Pact1949 NATO1949 North Atlantic Treaty Organization1949 Seato1954 W.E.U.1954 Warsaw Pact1955 Atlantic Alliance1958 ASEAN1967 G201972 1780 J. Adams Let. 2 May in F. Wharton Revol. Diplom. Corr. (1889) III. 646 The invitation of the Empress of Russia to accede to an armed neutrality. 1782 Earl of Malmesbury Let. 18 Jan. in Diaries & Corr. (1844) I. 480 It would be absolutely necessary to prevent their foisting in, in any shape, the Armed Neutrality. 1801 Morning Post & Gazetteer 15 Jan. A report..of Government being in possession of advices which put it out of doubt that the league of armed neutrality has actually been completed. 1827 W. Scott Life Napoleon IV. xii. 353 The association of the Northern States in 1780, known by the name of the Armed Neutrality. 1899 W. H. Fitchett How Eng. Saved Europe II. vii. 99 Russia and Sweden at once signed a treaty of armed neutrality, while Denmark and Prussia promptly added themselves to the League. 1916 Hist. Teacher's Mag. Jan. 14/1 The league of armed neutrality represents a largely unsuccessful attempt to mitigate the effects of war upon commerce. 1954 G. J. Mangone Short Hist. Internat. Org. iv. 112 The armed neutralities led by Russia in 1780 and 1801 against the British claim to seize enemy goods aboard neutral ships had eventually collapsed. 2003 Internat. Hist. Rev. 25 149 The dangerous alliance of northern powers led by Russia against Britain (the League of Armed Neutrality) was broken up by luck—Paul I's murder—and good management. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1701 |
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