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

• 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
• India, which developed nuclear weapons in an arms race with Pakistan, is not a signatory of the NPT.
  印度在与巴基斯坦的军备竞赛中发展了核武器，它不是核不扩散条约的签约国。
• Russia says that could start a new arms race.
  俄罗斯表示，这可能启动新的军备竞赛。
• 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。
• 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。
• But this arms race strained the government's principles as well as its budgets.
  但是这场军备竞赛使政府的原则无法自圆其说，也使其预算捉襟见肘。
• 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。
• 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
• 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 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。