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。
able or intended to deter
有威慑力的;能起威慑作用的;目的在威慑…的;吓阻的
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the deterrent effect of heavy prison sentences .重刑判决的威慑作用。
"early 19th cent.: from Latin