deterrence
/dɪˈterəns/ (bre, ipa) · /dɪˈtɜːrəns/ (ame, ipa) · /di-ˈtər-ən(t)s -ˈter- -ˈtə-rən(t)s, -ˈte-; dē-/ (ame, mw)
deterrence — 名詞
1. a situation in which people are stopped from doing something harmful or illegal
威懾
用懲罰或威脅阻止某事的策略
a situation in which people are stopped from doing something harmful or illegal because they are afraid of the punishment or unpleasant results that will follow
The government introduced heavy fines as a form of deterrence against illegal dumping in the national park.
政府實施高額罰款，作為對國家公園內非法傾倒垃圾的一種威懾手段。
deterrence + against + [noun phrase for the unwanted behaviour]
Studies show that increasing police patrols has only a limited deterrence effect on street crime.
研究顯示，增加警察巡邏對街頭犯罪的威懾效果相當有限。
deterrence (attributive) + effect / measure / strategy
The threat of a lawsuit served as a powerful deterrence to would-be copyright violators.
訴訟的威脅對潛在的版權侵權者構成了強大的威懾。
Supporters of nuclear deterrence argue that the threat of massive retaliation has kept major powers from attacking each other.
核威懾的支持者認為，大規模報復的威脅使得大國之間一直未相互發動攻擊。
- prevention
wider in meaning; deterrence specifically implies fear as the means of prevention
- discouragement
less formal and less strong than deterrence; can refer to any reason not to act
- inhibition
focuses on an internal or psychological restraint rather than an external threat
- encouragement
deterrence aims to stop action; encouragement aims to start or continue it
- incentive
a positive reason to act, whereas deterrence relies on negative consequences
文法句型
deterrence + against + [noun]
deterrence + of + [noun]
[adjective] + deterrence
用法筆記
Frequently appears as part of compound nouns (e.g. nuclear deterrence, criminal deterrence, deterrence theory). The verb form is deter. This noun is typically uncountable and used in formal or academic contexts.