a thing that discourages or is intended to discourage someone from doing something 威慑力量,吓阻力量,制止力量;威慑物 ■a nuclear weapon or weapons system regarded as deterring an enemy from attack 核威慑
adjective
able or intended to deter 有威慑力的;能越威慑作用的;目的在威慑…的;吓阻的 the deterrent effect of heavy prison sentences. 重刑判决的威慑作用。
派生 deterrence noun 语源
early 19th cent.: from Latin deterrent- 'deterring', from the verb deterrere (see deter)