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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The big worry for investors is the cost of this arms race.
  投资者最大的担忧就是这场军备竞赛的成本。
• But this particular arms race isn't in a dead heat the mavens of malware are winning it.
  但这不是一场势均力敌的军备竞赛，恶意软件的行家赢了。
• There are many factors driving this arms race.
  这轮军备竞赛背后有诸多驱动因素。
• 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。
• The arms race is not the justice of socialism, it damaged the image of socialist.
  军备竞赛不是社会主义中的题中应有之义，祸害了社会主义的形象。
• 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。