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 does not participate in any nuclear arms race, and never deploys any nuclear weapons beyond its borders.
  中国不参加核军备竞赛，也从不在国外部署核武器。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。