英语词汇“two-power standard”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

two-power standard n. (see quot. 1910).

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two-power standard1901

1901 To-Day 26 Sept. 280 In men and ships..the British Navy is distinctly above the ‘two-Power standard’.

1910 Encycl. Brit. IV. 613/2 It has..been accepted as a fundamental axiom of defence that the British navy should exceed in strength any reasonable combination of foreign navies which could be brought against it, the accepted formula being the ‘two-power standard’, i.e. a 10% margin over the joint strength of the next two powers.

1914 G. B. Shaw Fanny's Last Play iii, in Misalliance 223 Your honest and sensible statesmen demand for England a two-power standard.

单词	two-power standard
释义	> as lemmas two-power standard two-power standard n. (see quot. 1910). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > [noun] > naval power > standard formula of two-power standard1901 1901 To-Day 26 Sept. 280 In men and ships..the British Navy is distinctly above the ‘two-Power standard’. 1910 Encycl. Brit. IV. 613/2 It has..been accepted as a fundamental axiom of defence that the British navy should exceed in strength any reasonable combination of foreign navies which could be brought against it, the accepted formula being the ‘two-power standard’, i.e. a 10% margin over the joint strength of the next two powers. 1914 G. B. Shaw Fanny's Last Play iii, in Misalliance 223 Your honest and sensible statesmen demand for England a two-power standard. extracted from twoadj.n.adv. < as lemmas
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