| 词汇 | damage-limitation |
| 释义 | damage limitation noun[ U ] uk /ˈdæm.ɪdʒ lɪm.ɪˌteɪ.ʃən/ us /ˈdæm.ɪdʒ lɪm.ɪˌteɪ.ʃən/(alsodamage control) the process of limiting the damaging effects of an action or mistake, or the attempt in war to use careful planning to avoid unnecessary death: 控制损失；（战争中的）减少伤亡 The government is involved in a damage-limitation exercise to minimize the effects of the scandal.政府已经出面与其他各方一起行动，以尽量降低这桩丑闻所造成的影响。 Limiting and restricting anti-libertarian armlock boundary box someone out box someone/something in crippling cripplingly crowd curb curtail keep (herself) to herselfidiom limit limitation limitative limiting suffocatingly tempered tie someone down tie someone up uncrippled damage limitation | Business Englishdamage limitation noun[ U ] ukus(alsodamage control) the process of limiting the harmful effects of an action or a mistake: The company won praise for its quick efforts at damage control, including an immediate apology. Management launched a damage limitation exercise after details of talks with unions were leaked to the press. Examples of damage limitationdamage limitation As an educational policy, damagelimitation is an admission of defeat: we can't replace dialect variation. There thus does not need to be a huge contrast between the policy of damagelimitation and the policy of drug prevention. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Because tourism can also have a harmful impact on the environment, there needs to be a strategy for damagelimitation. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English The real clue to his speech was when he said that he commends the exercise in damagelimitation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Does he agree that the emphasis in all anti-drug education should be not merely damagelimitation but proactive resistance to the taking of drugs? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That was shown even within his argument, which was merely a damagelimitation operation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The only feasible objective of regional co-ordination seemed to be damagelimitation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What lawyers who are properly instructed should aim at is a damagelimitation exercise. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These are basically an essential damagelimitation exercise, but what do we do next? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If it is research work on damagelimitation, in giving government options or formulating policy, clearly it is an indefinite science. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They must pursue the twin goals of transparency and accountability rather than the regressive goal of damagelimitation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, regrettably, damagelimitation is all that has been possible. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is an exercise in damagelimitation, not restoration. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Damagelimitation is pragmatic and based on reality, whereas abstinence is a moral programme which does not work. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English It was a damagelimitation exercise, attempting to give some reassurance to exporters. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of damage limitation These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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