deterrent
🇬🇧/dɪˈterənt/ 🇺🇸/dɪˈtɜːrənt/📚 9940 1托福A deterrent is something that prevents people from doing something by making them afraid of what will happen to them if they do it. 威慑物
noun [抽象名词]威慑，遏制；威慑武器
They seriously believe that capital punishment is a deterrent.
他们坚信死刑是一种威慑手段。
adjective [原级]威慑的，遏制的
The idea of building a nuclear deterrent is completely off the political agenda.
制造核威慑武器的意见完全不在政治议程中。
来自deter(v. 威慑， 吓住)
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