| 单词 | military-industrial complex |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmilitary-industrial complex military-industrial complex n. originally and chiefly U.S. (a) an aggregation of military and industrial installations located in a particular area; (b) spec. a nation's armed forces and industries as a whole, regarded as a powerful vested interest and a strong influence on government. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > [noun] > buildings > large complex of military-industrial complex1931 megastructure1965 1931 Internat. Affairs 10 442 It would require retirement to the stronghold of a military industrial complex capable of supplying an army of millions with..munitions of war. 1953 Mil. Affairs 17 74/1 Shreveport was the heart of a military-industrial complex that extended west to Marshall, Texas, and northwest to Jefferson, Texas. 1961 D. Eisenhower in N.Y. Times 18 Jan. 22/4 In the councils of Government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. 1989 P. Kelly in J. Plant Healing Wounds Foreword p. ix There are still plenty of patriarchal technocrats out there—in the military-industrial complex, within the ridiculous secret services, and within the bureaucracies like the Pentagon. < as lemmas |
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