| 词汇 | deterrent |
| 释义 | deterrent noun[ C ] uk /dɪˈter.ənt/ us /dɪˈter.ənt/ C2 something that deters people from doing something: 威慑力量；遏制因素；制止物 nuclear deterrentThere has been a public call to rid the country of its nuclear deterrent (= nuclear weapon system). act/serve as a deterrent toTougher prison sentences may act/serve as a deterrent to other would-be offenders.从严判决可以起到震慑其他潜在犯罪者的作用。 Synonym check Some people say that capital punishment acts as a deterrent.一些人认为死刑有威慑作用。 Drink-driving is one case where severe punishment seems to work as a deterrent. I should think the smell of her breath must act as a deterrent to any man. They executed him, as a deterrent to any other young soldiers thinking of trying to desert from the army. As a deterrent, they have imposed a heavy fine for late payment. Preventing and impeding anti-drug anti-jamming avoid avoidable avoidably fireproof flameproof guard against something hamper hang have someone/something hanging round your neckidiom head off preclusion preclusive prejudice prevent preventable scuttle smother suffocate You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Discouraging and putting off deterrent adjective uk /dɪˈter.ənt/ us /dɪˈter.ənt/ making someone less likely to do something by making it difficult for them to do it or by making them realize that it will have bad results: a deterrent effect There have been many examples of long deterrent sentences which have undoubtedly acted as a warning to others. The considerable deterrent value of weapons monitoring went unacknowledged. This $134-million fine should send a strong deterrent message to those who participate in or knowingly aid these activities. The division has served as the main deterrent force in the Pacific region. Lawrence police say their tougher enforcement is deterrent. Discouraging and putting off aversive dampen someone's enthusiasm dampen someone's spirits dampener on something daunt deter deterrence discourage discouragement discouraging disheartening dishearteningly disincentive emasculate emasculation pour/throw cold water on somethingidiom spoke take the wind out of someone's sailsidiom throw cold water on somethingidiom unencouraging You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Unhelpful and Uncooperative Examples of deterrentdeterrent However, price and negative attitudes were the main deterrents for non-organic consumers. Lack of payments was seen as a deterrent to further involvement by two interested members of the public. A feeble deterrent to prevent this leap was the outlawing of litigation mastery and a general sense of ethics. Econometric estimates of the shadow values of maize are produced as part of the likelihood maximization corresponding to the household's choice of fence deterrent. Minor-party support can be seen as a deterrent to stability in many democracies. The more effective the threat the more easily justified it is, for the expected benefits would increase with the likelihood of deterrent success. The very phrase 'independent nuclear deterrent', which was so often used by its supporters, emphasizes the link with national sovereignty. Such self-representations function as incentives or deterrents for future behaviour (selves to be approached or avoided). At a personal level, changes in functional capacity and dealing with the sometimes ailing body can serve as a deterrent. These assumptions explain the deterrent effect: as the number of opportunities increase, the amount of migration decreases. They are worried about the so-called deterrent and also about chemical and biological warfare. As regards the local business community, proprietors perceived security firms as both an essential deterrent and as an efficient and fast responder. Indeed, there are institutional deterrents to replication as well. Punishment assumes its role as a deterrent because of the latter fact. The idea behind it was that simple detention would not be a sufficient deterrent. See all examples of deterrent 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. Collocations withdeterrentdeterrentThese are words often used in combination with deterrent. Click on a collocation to see more examples of it. credible deterrent It is only just a credibledeterrent. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 deterrent capability The fact that we know what is going on reinforces our deterrent capability. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 deterrent effect For in that case, imprisonment would lose its deterrenteffect. 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. See all collocations with deterrent |
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