brinkmanship

n. 边缘政策 [法] 外交冒险政策, 紧急政策

发音

UK /ˈbɹɪŋk.mən.ʃɪp/
US /ˈbɹɪŋk.mənˌʃɪp/

词形变化

brinkmanships 复数 brinkmanships

别名

brinksmanship

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to take a matter to the brink (for example, by risking a dangerous policy) rather than to concede a point.

    边缘政策

    极限施压

    不可数 政治

    The diplomat accused the other nation’s leader of brinkmanship for refusing to redeploy the troops along their nations’ shared border.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

foreign policy

词源

From brink (“border, edge”) + -manship (suffix denoting expertise, involvement, or special status in an area).

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