arms race

英 [ˈɑːmz reɪs]

美 [ˈɑːrmz reɪs]

n.  军备竞赛

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牛津词典

noun

• 军备竞赛
  a situation in which countries compete to get the most and best weapons

柯林斯词典

• N-SING 军备竞赛
  Anarms raceis a situation in which two countries or groups of countries are continually trying to get more and better weapons than each other.
  1. ...a conference on ways to control the arms race in the region.
     商讨如何控制该地区军备竞赛的会议

英英释义

noun

• a competition between nations to have the most powerful armaments

双语例句

• China's anti-satellite test a new arms race in space?
  中国反卫星试验，新的太空竞赛？
• A serious impediment to the attainment of both objectives is the present arms race.
  实现这两个目标的一个严重障碍就是目前的军备竞赛。
• The price of running this arms race to the end is death.
  把这场军备竞赛进行到底的代价是死亡。
• All those who love peace are strongly against arms race.
  一切爱好和平的人们都要求禁止原子武器。所有爱好和平的人都强烈反对军备竞赛。
• Frank also sidesteps the idea that markets themselves can be structured to eliminate the arms race.
  弗兰克还回避了一点：即可以通过市场本身的结构设计，来消除这种“军备竞赛”。
• China denies that a recent test of a ground-based anti-satellite missile could trigger an international space arms race.
  中国否认最近的地面反卫星导弹测试会引发国际空间武器竞赛。
• Russia says that could start a new arms race.
  俄罗斯表示，这可能启动新的军备竞赛。
• But the comparison with the nuclear arms race is, if anything, a little too comforting.
  但把它与核军备竞赛作比较就有点太让人安慰（若有的话）了。
• The temptation to rev up the arms race with high-tech weapons is especially dangerous
  通过研发高科技武器加速军备竞赛的诱惑尤其危险。
• India, which developed nuclear weapons in an arms race with Pakistan, is not a signatory of the NPT.
  印度在与巴基斯坦的军备竞赛中发展了核武器，它不是核不扩散条约的签约国。