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词汇 example_english_threat-of-retaliation
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threat of retaliation

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meanings of threatand retaliation


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threat
noun[C]
uk /θret/ us /θret/
a suggestion that something unpleasant or violent will happen, especially if a particular action or order is ...
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retaliation
noun[U]
uk /rɪˌtæl.iˈeɪ.ʃən/ us /rɪˌtæl.iˈeɪ.ʃən/
the act of hurting someone or doing something harmful to someone because they have done or said something harmful ...
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Examples of threat of retaliation


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Have you considered a threatofretaliation?
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We cannot scoff at the threatofretaliation.
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We do not want any threatofretaliation.
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Will anything be effective other than a threatofretaliation?
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We then come to the question of defence by threatofretaliation.
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The principle of deterrence is really better described as the threatofretaliation.
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I suggest that the threatofretaliation imposes immediate limits on what the generals dare to do.
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I believe in the deterrent effect of both and that a threatofretaliation is an effective deterrent.
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Briefly, it is based on the assumption that there is no way of preventing bombardment by rockets except by the threatofretaliation.
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I quite understand the impact of the threatofretaliation; indeed, even before it is there, it is bad for industry.
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Nations are more and more concentrating upon the threatofretaliation, and they equip themselves for attack and not for defence.
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Even if defence by the threatofretaliation were possible within the next ten years, the cost is likely to be beyond us.
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Each side relied for its security against strategic nuclear attack on the threatofretaliation from its own nuclear forces, which were themselves virtually immune from preemptive attack.
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An enemy—and we can visualise only one—would in the event of war make an all-out effort against this country, unless the threatofretaliation was very great.
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That will be achieved by reasoned argument, clever diplomacy and the proper deployment of scientific information, not by bluster, blackmail, the threatofretaliation or by a trade ban.
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The size of the female is important because punishment is passed down the dominance hierarchy, and there is little threatofretaliation by subordinates.
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The presence of different equilibrium properties is because the threatofretaliation is real, since one will play the game again with the same person.
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