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

• 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 stands for the peaceful use of outer space and opposes arms race in outer space.
  中国主张和平利用太空，反对在太空搞军备竞赛。
• There are many factors driving this arms race.
  这轮军备竞赛背后有诸多驱动因素。
• 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
• Is a space-related arms race under way?
  涉及太空的军备竞赛正在进行吗？是的。
• 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 arms race is not the justice of socialism, it damaged the image of socialist.
  军备竞赛不是社会主义中的题中应有之义，祸害了社会主义的形象。
• You often hear that the United States and the Soviet Union are in an arms race.
  你们常常听说，美苏两国在进行军备竞赛。
• This was fuelling an arms race and driving some countries to acquire weapons of mass destruction.
  这种态度和行为正在导致新的军备竞赛出现以及使某些国家设法得到大规模杀伤性武器。
• But this particular arms race isn't in a dead heat the mavens of malware are winning it.
  但这不是一场势均力敌的军备竞赛，恶意软件的行家赢了。