| 单词 | missile gap |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmissile gap missile gap n. Politics (now historical) a feared imbalance between the nuclear arsenals of the United States and the Soviet Union (originally and chiefly as an issue in the 1960 American Presidential campaign). ΚΠ 1957 Amarillo (Texas) Daily News 8 Nov. 6/1 (headline) Scientist says missile gap is closing. 1958 J. F. Kennedy Congress. Rec. 14 Aug. 17572/1 Our Nation could have afforded, and can afford now, the steps necessary to close the missile gap. 1962 Listener 19 Apr. 697/1 The passages on the ‘missile gap’ are a little dated, since Mr Kennedy has now told us that it scarcely ever existed. 1991 J. Rifkin Biosphere Politics ii. xix. 149 The missile gap paranoia of the past several decades is likely to be followed by the gene gap paranoia of the 1990s. 1998 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 15 Jan. 53/3 The successful launching of Sputnik in 1957 and Khrushchev's own exaggerated boasting had aroused American fears of a ‘missile gap’. < as lemmas |
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