containment
containment — 名詞
1. the work of stopping a harmful thing — such as a fire, disease, or leak — from s
控制；遏止
防止有害事物擴散或惡化
the work of stopping a harmful thing — such as a fire, disease, or leak — from spreading or causing more damage.
Quick containment of the kitchen fire saved the rest of the apartment block.
廚房火災的迅速控制，救了整棟公寓大樓的其他住戶。
containment of + [harmful event]
Health workers in Quinn's village focused on the containment of the cholera outbreak.
Quinn 村裡的衛生人員，把重心放在霍亂疫情的遏止上。
collocation: containment of an outbreak
Engineers built a concrete wall around the oil spill for short-term containment.
工程師在漏油區四周築起一道混凝土牆，作為短期的遏止措施。
Mira's report praised the swift containment of the data leak by the security team.
Mira 的報告稱讚資安團隊迅速控制了這次資料外洩。
abstract harm: data leak / breach
After two weeks, doctors said the virus was finally under containment.
兩週後，醫生表示病毒終於受到控制。
phrase: under containment
- containment of a fire
- containment of an outbreak
- containment measures
- under containment
- rapid containment
- containment efforts
- control
broader; control can mean steady management, while containment stresses stopping spread
- suppression
stronger; suppression often means crushing or silencing, not just limiting
- limitation
neutral and abstract; lacks the urgency of containment
- spread
the very thing containment aims to prevent
- escalation
growth in scale or seriousness — the opposite outcome
文法句型
containment of [noun]
用法筆記
Object is almost always something seen as harmful or unwanted (fire, disease, leak, riot, crisis). The phrase 'containment of X' is the dominant pattern; 'under containment' is also common.
常見錯誤
2. a long-term government strategy of stopping a rival nation or ideology from gain
圍堵政策
阻止敵對國家擴張勢力的策略
a long-term government strategy of stopping a rival nation or ideology from gaining more power and territory, mainly through alliances and pressure rather than direct war.
After 1947, Washington adopted a strategy of containment toward the Soviet Union.
一九四七年後，華府對蘇聯採取了圍堵政策。
strategy / policy of containment
Ishaan argued that quiet diplomacy works better than open containment of a neighbour.
Ishaan 主張，安靜的外交比公開圍堵鄰國更有效。
The treaty was part of a wider containment of nuclear weapons in the region.
這項條約是該地區更廣泛核武圍堵的一部分。
containment of + [ideology / weapons / influence]
Selim's history teacher explained how Cold War containment shaped today's borders in Europe.
Selim 的歷史老師解釋了冷戰時期的圍堵政策如何形塑今日歐洲的疆界。
Cold War containment (historical phrase)
- policy of containment
- Cold War containment
- strategy of containment
- containment of communism
- deterrence
focuses on threatening costs to discourage action; containment focuses on limiting reach
- isolation
stronger and more total; cuts a country off rather than just limiting its power
- engagement
the opposite policy: deal with the rival through trade and dialogue rather than block them
- appeasement
giving in to a rival's demands to keep the peace — the historical opposite of containment
文法句型
policy of containment
containment of [country/ideology]
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 1: this sense is restricted to international politics, with countries or ideologies as the object. Often appears as 'policy of containment' or with a named rival ('containment of China', 'containment of communism').