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

• 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。
• Drug companies and our own antibodies are in a constant arms race with relatively simple organisms.
  医药公司和我们自身的抗体长期与一些简单的微生物病毒进行的持久的军备竞赛。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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
• The arms race between the countries badly affects people's living standards.
  各国间的军备竞赛严重影响了人们的生活水准。
• Group of Experts on the Economic and Social Consequences of the Arms Race and of Military Expenditures
  军备竞赛和军事支出的经济和社会后果问题专家
• 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。
• Supercomputers are a classic example of an arms race.
  超级计算机是军备竞赛的一个典型示例。
• The missile-reduction treaty makes sweeping cuts, but the arms race isn't over by a long shot.
  导弹削减条约大幅度减少了导弹数量，然而军备竞赛还远没有停止。