deterrence

NATO insiders say that some member countries have begun to see BMD as an alternative to nuclear deterrence, not as a complement to it.

北约内部人士表示，一些成员国不再将BMD系统看成是核威慑力量补充，而是其替代品。

Designed as an act of deterrence against North Korea, it has turned into something of a battle of wills with China.

演习的本意是威慑朝鲜，但实际上已变得有点像是与中国的意气之争。

But the concept of deterrence depends on the threat of certain retaliation that would cause a rational attacker to think twice.

但是，防御的概念是基于确定的报复行为威胁之上的，而发动报复行为时，理智的袭击者都会考虑再三。

Was that enormous number crucial to deterrence, knowing that it was many times what is required for mutually assured destruction?

既然知道该库存量已经远远超过相互摧毁所需的数量，这一庞大的数字对威慑力真有那么重要吗？

Osama bin Laden has no interest in deterrence or other forms of deadly bargaining.

奥萨马-本-拉登（OsamabinLaden）对于威慑或其它形式的殊死谈判毫无兴趣。

For the moment, deterrence keeps the peace. But a peace maintained by deterrence alone is a frail thing.

当前，虽然威慑力量保持了和平，但由威慑单独支撑的和平总归是脆弱的。

The age of deterrence is now the age of control , averting catastrophe fron weapons of mass destruction .

控制了这个时代，就如同用军事力量威胁着这个时代，但同时也能防止大规模杀伤性武器带来的灾难。

Imagine if we declare a unilateral ceasefire and a few days later rockets fall on Ashkelon. What will that do to Israel's deterrence?

试想一下如果我们单方面宣布停火，几天之后又有火箭袭击奥斯克隆，那我们的停战又意味着什么呢？

He said : "In line with this rate, Real persons still get good profits, not deterrence . "

他说，“按照这个税率，炒房者照样可以获得不错的利润，没有威慑力。”

Mr Steinmeier asserted this month that peace was "no longer based on military deterrence but on the willingness for co-operation. "

这个月Steinmeier先生断言说，和平“不再以军事威慑为基础，而是以合作的意愿为基础。”

This interdependence is a powerful source of deterrence, operating in effect as a form of "mutual assured economic destruction. "

中美两国在经济上的相互依赖性是阻止发生冲突的最有力的力量，因为冲突将“确保互相摧毁经济”。

Now the same doctrine of deterrence is forcing it to fight long, debilitating campaigns over a few soldiers.

现在周样的威慑—理念却迫使其为几名.士兵进行长期的消耗战。

The general public is not aware of the actions of the governmental agency and little, if any, deterrence is obtained.

一般公众并不知道政府机构的行为，因此没有起到威慑作用，即使有威慑效果，也是很少的。

This Ocelot is not prepared to take the plunge, a deterrence that wouldn't matter to the fishing cat.

这只豹猫还不想下水，但这对渔猫不是问题。

Even deterrence, however, does not always work.

然而即使是威慑，也不总是有效的。

If the abolition of the death penalty, other penalties for those crimes of extreme deterrence would be even shorter supply.

如果废除了死刑，其它刑罚对那些极端犯罪的遏制力会更显得捉襟见肘。

the United States and China are nuclear powers, nuclear deterrence forces in a confrontation Heng balance.

美国和中国都是核大国，核威慑对峙力量处于恒平衡状态。

The best deterrence, therefore, is to raise the price of a bomb and deepen the disgrace.

因此，最好的威慑是提高炸弹价格深化耻辱。

We just hope that the existing mutual deterrence between the two countries can be preserved.

我们只是希望中美之间业已存在的相互威慑的战略关系能够得以维持。

Instead, Friedman argues that the depth of international collaboration has created a new form of deterrence.

相反，佛雷德里曼认为国际合作的深化造成了一种新的阻碍形式。