containment

英[kən'teɪnmənt] 美[kən'teɪnmənt]
  • n. 控制;遏制政策;容积
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Noun:
  1. a policy of creating strategic alliances in order to check the expansion of a hostile power or ideology or to force it to negotiate peacefully;

    "containment of communist expansion was a central principle of United States' foreign policy from 1947 to the 1975"

  2. (physics) a system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive material from a reactor

  3. the act of containing; keeping something from spreading;

    "the containment of the AIDS epidemic"
    "the containment of the rebellion"

1. the containment of the epidemic
对流行病的控制

来自《权威词典》

2. Your list might include such things as cost containment, quality, or customer satisfaction.
你的清单上应列有诸如成本控制 、 产品质量 、 客户满意程度等内容.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. Fire crews are hoping they can achieve full containment of the fire before the winds pick up.
消防队员希望趁着风还没有起来将火势完全控制住。

来自柯林斯例句

4. Insularity and self - containment, it is argued, go hand in hand.
他们争论说, 心胸狭窄和 自我 封闭是并存的.

来自新概念英语第四册

5. Such laboratories are designed and equipped for physical containment and are posted with biohazard warning symbols.
这样的实验室是为了物理防护措施而设计与装备的,而且贴出生物危险警告标志.

来自辞典例句

    用作名词 (n.)
    1. To solve the deficit problem, containment of public expenditure is necessary.
      为解决财赤问题,控制公共开支是必须的。
    2. Officials say the fire is about 40 percent containment.
      官员表示大概控制了大火的40%25。
    3. Through the collective embargo and "the complete sanction," finally, the U.S. formed the containment policy toward Cuba.
      通过对古巴的完全禁运和“集体制裁”,最终形成了对古巴的遏制政策。
    4. Downer also commented on China-U.S. relations, saying Australia has never been concerned that Washington is pursuing a policy of containment toward Beijing.
      唐纳也对美中关系发表评论。他说,澳大利亚从不担心华盛顿对北京采取遏制政策。