balance of terror中文什么意思

(建立在核武器基础上的)恐怖均势。

• balance:    n. 1.〔常作 a pair of ...
• terror:    n. 1.恐怖。 2.恐怖的原因。 ...
• be a terror:    使人为难的事

例句与用法

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1. The spokesman stressed the point that they ought to insist on maintaining the balance of terror
   发言人强调的一点是他们应当坚决维持恐怖均势。
2. Nowhere is preventive defense more important than in countering the spread of nuclear , chemical and biological weapons . during the cold war , the world lived with the nightmare prospect of global nuclear holocaust , and the united states and the soviet union relied on deterrence , a balance of terror known as mutual assured destruction , or mad
   一份对不良帮派所作的全国性调查中提到，三分之二的人表示，就为了别人对他们表现无礼而射杀他人这样的作法并没有错，父母在读到这类的报导时会感到畏惧厌恶，这不是种族主义。
3. But neither can two great and powerful groups of nations take comfort from our present course both sides overburdened by the cost of modern weapons , both rightly alarmed by the steady spread of the deadly atom , yet both racing to alter that uncertain balance of terror that stays the hand of mankind ' s final war
   然而，这两个强大的国家集团都不能对现状高忱无忧双方皆对现代化武器的开支感到不胜负担，都对致命的原子力量的逐渐扩散理所当然地感到惊恐，但双方都力图改变那种遏制任何一方发动人类最后决战的不稳定的恐怖均势。
4. But neither can two great and powerful groups of nations take comfort from our present course - - both sides overburdened by the cost of modern weapons , both rightly alarmed by the steady spread of the deadly atom , yet both racing to alter that uncertain balance of terror that stays the hand of mankind ' s final war
   可是这两个强有力的国家集团，谁也不能对当前的趋势放心双方都因现代武器的代价而感到不胜负担，双方都对于致命的原子力量不断发展而产生应有的惊骇，可是双方都在竞谋改变那不稳定的恐怖均衡，而此种均衡却可以暂时阻止人类最后从事战争。

百科释义

The phrase "balance of terror" is usually used in reference to the nuclear arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War.