| 释义 |
START, n.4 orig. and chiefly U.S.|stɑːt|
[Acronym.]
Strategic Arms Reduction Talks (superseding SALT n.2 in 1981) held esp. between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R.; also, the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty signed by the United States and the Soviet Union in December 1987.
1981Washington Post 23 June a2/4 Rostow suggested that the well-known acronym SALT, which stands for Strategic Arms Limitation Talks, now become START, for Strategic Arms Reduction Talks. 1984S. Talbott Deadly Gambits xii. 235 By the time the National Security Council finally buckled down to START in the spring of 1982, Perle was advocating one ceiling of 4,000 ballistic-missile warheads [etc.]. 1986Ann. Reg. 1985 373 Three groups were set up to discuss intermediate nuclear forces (INF), strategic nuclear forces (START) and space weapons. 1987New Scientist 19 Nov. 48/1 If the US and USSR sign..a strategic arms reduction treaty (START) then the superpowers will have to take the unprecedented step of reducing their armouries of nuclear weaponry. |