shock and awe

短语

n. 震慑行动：Remember the initial strategy of the Iraqi War? There was probably more of this when we watched Saddam Hussein emerge from

发音

UK /ˈʃɒk(ə)nd ˈɔː/
AU /ˈʃɑk(ə)nd ˈɑ/
US /ˈʃɑk(ə)nd ˈɔ/

词形变化

shocked and awed shocking and aweing shocking and awing shocks and awes 三单 shocks and awes shocking and awing 现在分词 shocking and aweing 现在分词 shocked and awed 过去式 shocked and awed 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A doctrine based on the use of spectacular displays of force.

    比喻 不可数 政治 军事
v.
  1. 1.

    To use the "shock and awe" doctrine in an actual or potential conflict, or to otherwise use a spectacular display of force or authority.

    比喻 政治 军事

词源

Coined by American defence strategists Harlan Kenneth Ullman (born 1941) and James P. Wade, Jr., in Shock and Awe (1996): see the quotation. The term gained greater public attention during the 2003 invasion of Iraq by US troops.

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