| 单词 | window of vulnerability |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswindow of vulnerability window of vulnerability n. originally U.S. a period or moment at which one is particularly vulnerable to attack or (more generally) at risk.Originally with reference to the theory in the Cold War that the 1980s would see the Soviet Union have a period of military advantage over the United States and specifically that American land-based missiles would be easy targets for a Soviet attack. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > [noun] > portion of suitable time or window time slot1942 window of opportunity1942 window1962 window of vulnerability1979 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [noun] > liability to harm, loss, etc. > period of vulnerability window of vulnerability1979 society > armed hostility > military equipment > arming or equipping with weapons > [noun] > arms race > period of time window of opportunity1942 window of vulnerability1979 1979 J. Tower in Mil. Implications Treaty on Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms & Protocol Thereof (SALT II Treaty): Hearings (U.S. Congr. Senate Comm. Armed Services) I. i. 168 We are facing a window of ICBM vulnerability during the period of 1982 to 1986.] 1979 PBS NewsHour (transcript of TV programme) (Nexis) 6 Aug. We face what the government people call a window of vulnerability, which simply means from the years '82 to '86 we would be inferior to the Soviet Union in strategic capability, we'd be very vulnerable. 1981 N.Y. Times 3 Oct. 13/1 Mr. Reagan..enlarged upon the meaning of his oft-repeated theme about the ‘window of vulnerability’. 1992 F. McLynn Hearts of Darkness iii. xii. 255 This provided a ‘window of vulnerability’ which the Eesa tribe of Somalis proceeded to exploit. 2013 New Yorker 9 Sept. 80/2 The window of vulnerability after taking a drug—the interval during which doping could be detected—was called ‘glow-time’. < as lemmas |
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