deterrent
US: /dɪˈtɝɹənt/
UK: /dɪtˈɜːɹənt/
UK: /dɪtˈɜːɹənt/
English Vietnamese dictionary
deterrent /di'terənt/
- tính từ
- để ngăn cản, để ngăn chặn, để cản trở
- làm nản lòng, làm nhụt chí, làm thoái chí
- danh từ
- cái ngăn cản, cái ngăn chặn
- a nuclear deterrent: vũ khí nguyên tử để ngăn chặn
- cái làm nản lòng, cái làm nhụt chí, cái làm thoái chí
- cái ngăn cản, cái ngăn chặn
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
(to sb/sth) a thing that makes sb less likely to do sth (= that deters them): Hopefully his punishment will act as a deterrent to others. + the country's nuclear deterrents (= nuclear weapons that are intended to stop an enemy from attacking)
deterrence noun [U] (formal): His view is that prison sentences must be long enough to satisfy the requirements both of retribution and deterrence.
deterrent adjective: a deterrent effect
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
hindrance, impediment, discouragement, disincentive, dissuasion, check, hitch, obstacle, obstruction, stumbling-block; catch, snag, rub, fly in the ointment, bar, drawback:
Some experts hold that the death penalty is no deterrent to murder. The only deterrent to your plan is that we are likely to be caught.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
effective, good, great, powerful, real | the ultimate
Defenders of the death penalty clearly regard it as the ultimate deterrent.
| nuclear
They stressed the need for an independent nuclear deterrent.
VERB + DETERRENT
act as, be
a punishment that will act as a deterrent to other offenders
DETERRENT + NOUN
effect
They were arguing about the deterrent effect of nuclear weapons.
PREP.
as a ~
The bodies of executed criminals were hung on the city gates as a deterrent.
| ~ against
a deterrent against cheating
| ~ for
There is no effective deterrent for these young criminals.
| ~ to
a deterrent to crime a deterrent to all but the most determined attacker
Concise English dictionary
deterrents-nt
noun
+something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
adj.
+tending to deter
