| 单词 | balance of terror |
| 释义 | balance of terrornounthe distribution of nuclear arms among nations such that no nation will initiate an attack for fear of retaliation: maintaining the balance of terror between the United States and the Soviet Union. Origin of balance of terrorFirst recorded in 1955–60 Words nearby balance of terrorbalanced valve, balance lug, balance of nature, balance of payments, balance of power, balance of terror, balance of trade, balance pipe, balancer, balance shaft, balance sheet Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Cultural definitions for balance of terrorbalance of terror The balance of power between nations that are equipped with nuclear weapons, stemming from their fear of mutual annihilation in a nuclear war. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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