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

• China has never participated and will never participate in any arms race in outer space, he said.
  他表示：中国从来没有、今后也不会参加任何形式的外空军备竞赛。
• China's anti-satellite test a new arms race in space?
  中国反卫星试验，新的太空竞赛？
• Is a space-related arms race under way?
  涉及太空的军备竞赛正在进行吗？是的。
• You often hear that the United States and the Soviet Union are in an arms race.
  你们常常听说，美苏两国在进行军备竞赛。
• 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。
• The missile-reduction treaty makes sweeping cuts, but the arms race isn't over by a long shot.
  导弹削减条约大幅度减少了导弹数量，然而军备竞赛还远没有停止。
• But the comparison with the nuclear arms race is, if anything, a little too comforting.
  但把它与核军备竞赛作比较就有点太让人安慰（若有的话）了。
• 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
• What China fears is a nuclear arms race in the region.
  什么是中国担心该地区出现核军备竞赛。
• 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。