| 单词 | plausible deniability |
| 释义 | > as lemmasplausible deniability plausible deniability n. Politics (originally and chiefly U.S.) (the possibility of) denying a fact (esp. a discreditable action) without arousing suspicion; the method of achieving this. ΚΠ 1974 Washington Post 14 Sept. a2/3 Author David Wise also objected that the secret activities also required a policy of ‘plausible deniability’ on the part of U.S. officials when publicly questioned about them. 1987 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 8 Jan. a1/5 Investigators want to know..whether Mr. Reagan's open support for the contras was translated into action that he and other senior officials now find it convenient to repudiate... According to several Administration officials, the White House in the last few years had used the technique of ‘plausible deniability’. 2001 New Republic 8 Oct. 8/2 So the Agency [sc. the CIA] tried to avoid direct involvement in the war, and to maintain plausible deniability... The U.S. provided the mujahedin only Eastern-bloc weaponry, so the rebels could claim they had captured it from Soviet troops rather than received it from Washington. < as lemmas |
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