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单词 containment
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Definition of containment in English:

containment

noun kənˈteɪnm(ə)ntkənˈteɪnmənt
mass noun
  • 1The action of keeping something harmful under control or within limits.

    the containment of the epidemic
    Example sentencesExamples
    • And she hopes to see a move toward closed containment within the next three to five years.
    • A capping and topsoil layer will then be used to cover the whole site to ensure containment of waste in the long term and to sustain vegetation.
    • Risk containment and control can be achieved when people are allowed to learn from past errors.
    • She added that the close containment of the infection at the units was due to the enormous input of staff of all disciplines.
    • Its construction helped to make processing and containment here a lot easier.
    • The fires are still burning in northeast Victoria but they seem to be within the containment lines.
    • I think the only viable solutions would either be strict containment of economic migrants, or widespread dispersal.
    • Cost containment is a prerequisite, otherwise the gains of the last decade could be put in jeopardy, said the report.
    • But the key error I see in the argument is about our ability to sustain containment over time.
    • With careful, economic and compelling prose they follow the virus from its first emergence to its containment.
    • Sprinklers control fire risk much like a high degree of physical containment does.
    • The successful containment of the SARS outbreak was therefore due to both the efficiency of quarantine and the nature of the virus itself.
    • I'm going to make my way to the control room and disengage the magnetic containment field.
    • All I am told is that the risk is low, and containment easy.
    • The wall, in conjunction with the low-permeability formation, provides containment of the material within the wall.
    • At every farm, bears could be seen with wounds or scars to the face, head, paws and back because of the friction caused by containment.
    • Network controllers have long argued for the ethical containment of viral code.
    • I think there needs to be some kind of line in the sand drawn, there needs to be containment for these children.
    • It has leapt out of its containment and so become volatile.
    • The lure of islands, the way I see it, is a promise of containment, be it of your happiness or your misery.
    1. 1.1 The action or policy of preventing the expansion of a hostile country or influence.
      a policy of containment and negotiation was the appropriate course of action
      Example sentencesExamples
      • History tells us that deterrence and containment are the only answers.
      • It's time for a policy of containment, which I hereby revise to include a blockade.
      • In sum, dual containment remains the correct short-term policy in that region.
      • Another reason for bringing about a regime change is the cost of maintaining the current policy of containment.
      • And make no mistake, we don't have anyone who can dominate him, so a policy of containment is the best that we can hope for.
      • A necessary corollary of the westward expansion of the frontier was the western containment of its indigenous population.
      • Today we have the tattered remnants of a containment policy, which was reasonably effective for a few years.
      • Shelly felt that a policy of containment and negotiation was the appropriate course of action.
      • Postconflict containment by means of sanctions is mostly a failed policy, and its costs are enormous.
      • They've had no new weapons system for a decade due to the policy of containment.
      • So, containment works when we pile 200,000 troops on his border but promise not to attack.
      • Senior aides say containment is a modest and achievable goal, a prelude to more progress.
      • Even in those circumstances, war might well have been unwise compared to a policy of containment.
      • It has to be essentially a policy of containment, of making the countries concerned more attractive to their own peoples.
      • To be sure, there are situations in which containment is an entirely appropriate policy.
      • And a strategy of global containment is not really a major departure in policy.
      • Opponents of war are making the case that containment works.
      • A policy of containment and deterrence has worked up until now.
      • There's no peace agreement, no policy of containment or deterrence that works to deal with this threat.
      • It suggests a policy of urban containment boundaries is one means of avoiding haphazard growth throughout the region.
 
 

Definition of containment in US English:

containment

nounkənˈteɪnməntkənˈtānmənt
  • 1The action of keeping something harmful under control or within limits.

    the containment of the epidemic
    Example sentencesExamples
    • With careful, economic and compelling prose they follow the virus from its first emergence to its containment.
    • Network controllers have long argued for the ethical containment of viral code.
    • The wall, in conjunction with the low-permeability formation, provides containment of the material within the wall.
    • A capping and topsoil layer will then be used to cover the whole site to ensure containment of waste in the long term and to sustain vegetation.
    • But the key error I see in the argument is about our ability to sustain containment over time.
    • At every farm, bears could be seen with wounds or scars to the face, head, paws and back because of the friction caused by containment.
    • All I am told is that the risk is low, and containment easy.
    • I'm going to make my way to the control room and disengage the magnetic containment field.
    • And she hopes to see a move toward closed containment within the next three to five years.
    • It has leapt out of its containment and so become volatile.
    • The successful containment of the SARS outbreak was therefore due to both the efficiency of quarantine and the nature of the virus itself.
    • I think the only viable solutions would either be strict containment of economic migrants, or widespread dispersal.
    • Sprinklers control fire risk much like a high degree of physical containment does.
    • I think there needs to be some kind of line in the sand drawn, there needs to be containment for these children.
    • The lure of islands, the way I see it, is a promise of containment, be it of your happiness or your misery.
    • Its construction helped to make processing and containment here a lot easier.
    • Cost containment is a prerequisite, otherwise the gains of the last decade could be put in jeopardy, said the report.
    • The fires are still burning in northeast Victoria but they seem to be within the containment lines.
    • She added that the close containment of the infection at the units was due to the enormous input of staff of all disciplines.
    • Risk containment and control can be achieved when people are allowed to learn from past errors.
    1. 1.1 The action or policy of preventing the expansion of a hostile country or influence.
      a policy of containment
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Today we have the tattered remnants of a containment policy, which was reasonably effective for a few years.
      • To be sure, there are situations in which containment is an entirely appropriate policy.
      • Shelly felt that a policy of containment and negotiation was the appropriate course of action.
      • Opponents of war are making the case that containment works.
      • A policy of containment and deterrence has worked up until now.
      • There's no peace agreement, no policy of containment or deterrence that works to deal with this threat.
      • It has to be essentially a policy of containment, of making the countries concerned more attractive to their own peoples.
      • In sum, dual containment remains the correct short-term policy in that region.
      • And make no mistake, we don't have anyone who can dominate him, so a policy of containment is the best that we can hope for.
      • History tells us that deterrence and containment are the only answers.
      • A necessary corollary of the westward expansion of the frontier was the western containment of its indigenous population.
      • Even in those circumstances, war might well have been unwise compared to a policy of containment.
      • Another reason for bringing about a regime change is the cost of maintaining the current policy of containment.
      • They've had no new weapons system for a decade due to the policy of containment.
      • And a strategy of global containment is not really a major departure in policy.
      • It suggests a policy of urban containment boundaries is one means of avoiding haphazard growth throughout the region.
      • So, containment works when we pile 200,000 troops on his border but promise not to attack.
      • Senior aides say containment is a modest and achievable goal, a prelude to more progress.
      • Postconflict containment by means of sanctions is mostly a failed policy, and its costs are enormous.
      • It's time for a policy of containment, which I hereby revise to include a blockade.
 
 
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