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

• Is a space-related arms race under way?
  涉及太空的军备竞赛正在进行吗？是的。
• 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。
• 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。
• China has never participated and will never participate in any arms race in outer space, he said.
  他表示：中国从来没有、今后也不会参加任何形式的外空军备竞赛。
• 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”。
• There are many factors driving this arms race.
  这轮军备竞赛背后有诸多驱动因素。
• Missile Defense and Prevention of an Arms Race in Outer Space
  导弹防御和防止外空军备竞赛问题
• 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。
• 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。
• Pakistan is in a nuclear arms race with India and says the accord was discriminatory.
  巴基斯坦处于与印度的核军备竞赛中，并说该协议不公平。