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单词 deterrence
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deterrence

It added that it was a'step towards reinforcing the policy of credible minimum deterrence '.This argument appeals to critics of nuclear deterrence.These are the circumstances in which robust conventional deterrence would settle the argument.Two distinct approaches to minimum deterrence can be identified.The length of that term was required to reflect the requirements of punishment and deterrence.That is why conventional deterrence is so important.This led to the position of minimum deterrence outlined below.Different geographic perspectives tend to produce different attitudes to conventional deterrence.It is partly through this fear of technological instability that nuclear deterrence has promoted rather than restrained arms races.But punishment and deterrence matters too.In the deterrence of war and in war itself, will is important.This meets only two of the three main purposes of prison: punishment and deterrence.Nuclear deterrence is less likely to fail than conventional deterrence, since the risks are so great.The only purposes of sentencing which they recognise are punishment and deterrence, rehabilitation does not enter the picture.At the heart of minimum deterrence is the conviction that it is in no one's interest to go nuclear.When change does occur, nuclear deterrence is not well equipped to meet the demands of a system in flux.Concern over the implications for deterrence of reducing the emphasis on nuclear weapons lay at the centre of many of the doubts expressed over minimum deterrence.The problem with conventional deterrence by denial is in ensuring that a potential aggressor does not perceive the chance of victory as a risk worth taking.We do know, though, that nuclear deterrence keeps the peace.Then there is Cold War nuclear deterrence.Sentencing is not just about rehabilitation, it also has to meet the needs of punishment and deterrence and short sentences have to be used for those purposes.

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deterrence

British English: deterrence NOUN
Deterrence is the prevention of something, especially war or crime, by having something such as weapons or punishment to use as a threat.
...policies of nuclear deterrence.
  • American English: deterrence
  • Brazilian Portuguese: dissuasão
  • Chinese: 威慑
  • European Spanish: disuasión
  • French: dissuasion
  • German: Abschreckung
  • Italian: deterrenza
  • Japanese: 抑止
  • Korean: 제지
  • European Portuguese: dissuasão
  • Latin American Spanish: disuasión

(noun) 
policies of nuclear deterrence
Synonyms
prevention
the prevention of crime
obstruction
drivers parking near his house and causing an obstruction
inhibition
A country's size is no inhibition to producing a top team.
hindrance
Higher rates have been a hindrance to economic recovery.
disincentive
High tax rates may act as a disincentive to working longer hours.
discouragement
Uncertainty is one of the major discouragements to investment.
dissuasion

Additional synonyms

in the sense of discouragement
Uncertainty is one of the major discouragements to investment.
Synonyms
deterrent,
opposition,
obstacle,
curb,
check,
setback,
restraint,
constraint,
impediment,
hindrance,
damper,
disincentive
in the sense of disincentive
Definition
something that discourages someone from behaving or acting in a particular way
High tax rates may act as a disincentive to working longer hours.
Synonyms
discouragement,
deterrent,
impediment,
damper,
dissuasion,
determent
in the sense of dissuasion
Synonyms
deterrence,
caution,
setback,
deterrent,
hindrance,
damper,
disincentive,
discouragement,
remonstrance,
expostulation,
determent

Nearby words of
deterrence

  • determined
  • determined to or on
  • determining
  • deterrence
  • deterrent
  • detest
  • detestable

Synonyms of 'deterrence'

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