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单词 containment
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containment

/kənˈteɪnm(ə)nt /
noun [mass noun]
1The action of keeping something harmful under control or within limits: the containment of the AIDS epidemic...
  • And she hopes to see a move toward closed containment within the next three to five years.
  • The wall, in conjunction with the low-permeability formation, provides containment of the material within the wall.
  • Risk containment and control can be achieved when people are allowed to learn from past errors.
1.1The 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...
  • It's time for a policy of containment, which I hereby revise to include a blockade.
  • A policy of containment and deterrence has worked up until now.
  • They've had no new weapons system for a decade due to the policy of containment.
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