arms racen.

Brit.

/ˈɑːmz reɪs/, U.S.

/ˈɑrmz ˌreɪs/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: arms n., race n.¹

Etymology: < arms n. + race n.¹

1. Competition between nations, regimes, etc., in the accumulation, development, or testing of weapons, esp. nuclear weapons.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > arming or equipping with weapons > [noun] > arms race

arms race1921

1921 San Francisco Business 14 Oct. 5 Crushing burden entailed through international arms race.

1936 Hansard Commons 9 Mar. 1842 This House cannot agree to a policy which..intensifies the ruinous arms race between the nations, inevitably leading to war.

1952 Washington Post 3 Feb. b5/4 We are terrifyingly far behind in the arms race in which we have been forced to engage.

1964 Ann. Reg. 1963 138 Mr. Kennedy called for a halt to the arms race.

1980 Daily Mirror 6 Nov. 17/4 The Soviets have just introduced the SS 20. So the mad arms race goes on.

1995 W. W. Keller Arm in Arm 13 The acquisition of powerful weapons..often causes an adversary to seek similar capabilities, feeding a bilateral or regional arms race.

2001 N.Y. Times 18 Oct. b3/6 A reported assessment..that American missile defenses would incite an arms race among China, India, and Pakistan.

2009 Financial Times 19 Aug. 6/4 South Korea plans to make its first satellite launch today in a step that could..rekindle fears of an Asian arms race.

2. In extended use: any competitive process which escalates as those involved develop increasingly sophisticated adaptations, equipment, knowledge, etc.Originally and frequently applied to the notion, in evolutionary biology, that organisms must evolve and adapt continually to counter evolutionary changes in predators, competing species, etc.: cf. Red Queen n.

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c1968 J. E. Gottlieb Plants iii. 29 Experiments in seed production,..leaf forms, and life cycle adaptations were occurring under the relentless pressure of natural selection... It was almost like an ancient arms race.]

1979 R. Dawkins & J. R. Krebs in Proc. Royal Soc.: Biol. Sci. 205 490 Biologists often use the phrase ‘arms race’ to describe this kind of evolutionary escalation... As the arms race progresses and predators ‘improve’, this does not necessarily mean they catch more prey. The prey lineage, after all, is improving too.

1994 Times (Nexis) 28 Dec. The relationship between consumers and advertisers..is an escalating arms race.

2014 Observer 29 June (New Review section) 6/4 The arms race..between the top cycling teams..is resulting in the lightest, stiffest and fastest bicycles ever made.

Derivatives

ˈarms-racing n. rare

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1967 Listener 9 Mar. 186/3 The strategic situation of the United States has not basically changed, and outside the private world of super-power arms-racing, a great deal is at stake.

1992 N. J. Wheeler & K. Booth in J. Baylis & N. J. Rengger Dilemmas World Polit. i. 42 If both parties in a ‘spiral’ situation emphasize deterrent postures..the outcome will be arms-racing.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	arms race
释义	arms racen. Brit. /ˈɑːmz reɪs/, U.S. /ˈɑrmz ˌreɪs/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: arms n., race n.¹ Etymology: < arms n. + race n.¹ 1. Competition between nations, regimes, etc., in the accumulation, development, or testing of weapons, esp. nuclear weapons. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > arming or equipping with weapons > [noun] > arms race arms race1921 1921 San Francisco Business 14 Oct. 5 Crushing burden entailed through international arms race. 1936 Hansard Commons 9 Mar. 1842 This House cannot agree to a policy which..intensifies the ruinous arms race between the nations, inevitably leading to war. 1952 Washington Post 3 Feb. b5/4 We are terrifyingly far behind in the arms race in which we have been forced to engage. 1964 Ann. Reg. 1963 138 Mr. Kennedy called for a halt to the arms race. 1980 Daily Mirror 6 Nov. 17/4 The Soviets have just introduced the SS 20. So the mad arms race goes on. 1995 W. W. Keller Arm in Arm 13 The acquisition of powerful weapons..often causes an adversary to seek similar capabilities, feeding a bilateral or regional arms race. 2001 N.Y. Times 18 Oct. b3/6 A reported assessment..that American missile defenses would incite an arms race among China, India, and Pakistan. 2009 Financial Times 19 Aug. 6/4 South Korea plans to make its first satellite launch today in a step that could..rekindle fears of an Asian arms race. 2. In extended use: any competitive process which escalates as those involved develop increasingly sophisticated adaptations, equipment, knowledge, etc.Originally and frequently applied to the notion, in evolutionary biology, that organisms must evolve and adapt continually to counter evolutionary changes in predators, competing species, etc.: cf. Red Queen n. ΚΠ c1968 J. E. Gottlieb Plants iii. 29 Experiments in seed production,..leaf forms, and life cycle adaptations were occurring under the relentless pressure of natural selection... It was almost like an ancient arms race.] 1979 R. Dawkins & J. R. Krebs in Proc. Royal Soc.: Biol. Sci. 205 490 Biologists often use the phrase ‘arms race’ to describe this kind of evolutionary escalation... As the arms race progresses and predators ‘improve’, this does not necessarily mean they catch more prey. The prey lineage, after all, is improving too. 1994 Times (Nexis) 28 Dec. The relationship between consumers and advertisers..is an escalating arms race. 2014 Observer 29 June (New Review section) 6/4 The arms race..between the top cycling teams..is resulting in the lightest, stiffest and fastest bicycles ever made. Derivatives ˈarms-racing n. rare ΚΠ 1967 Listener 9 Mar. 186/3 The strategic situation of the United States has not basically changed, and outside the private world of super-power arms-racing, a great deal is at stake. 1992 N. J. Wheeler & K. Booth in J. Baylis & N. J. Rengger Dilemmas World Polit. i. 42 If both parties in a ‘spiral’ situation emphasize deterrent postures..the outcome will be arms-racing. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1921
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