An alarm acts as deterrence to most thieves.

警报器对大多数窃贼起到威慑作用。

The nuclear deterrence is one of the diplomatic means.

核武器威慑是外交手段之一。

Deterrence of war is one of the principal functions of the United Nations.

对战争的遏制是联合国的主要职能之一。

That doctrine is deterrence.

这一军事理论就是威慑。

For the moment, deterrence keeps the peace.

目前，威慑维持了和平。

Even deterrence, however, does not always work.

然而即使是威慑，也不总是有效的。

This offers no support for the notion of deterrence.

结果并不支持死刑有震慑作用的想法。

But there are two problems with the deterrence doctrine.

然而威慑理论还有2个问题。