balance of terror

短语

恐怖平衡

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The tenuous peace that existed during the nuclear arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War.

    恐怖平衡

    历史

词源

Probably coined by Lester Pearson in June 1955 at the 10th anniversary of the signing of the UN Charter: “The balance of terror has succeeded the balance of power.”

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