Anzusn.

Brit.

/ˈanzəs/, U.S.

/ˈænzəs/

Forms: 1900s– A.N.Z.U.S., 1900s– ANZUS, 1900s– Anzus.

Origin: Formed within English, as an acronym. Etymons: proper names Australia, New Zealand, United States.

Etymology: Acronym < the initial letters of the names of Australia, New Zealand, and the United States. Compare earlier Anzac n.

A military alliance between Australia, New Zealand, and the United States, binding the three countries to cooperate on security matters, originally and chiefly those relating to the Pacific area. Also called Pacific Security Treaty. Frequently attributive.The alliance was established as a trilateral defence pact in 1951, but the status of the agreement between the United States and New Zealand has been unclear since 1984, when a dispute arose over port access for American nuclear vessels.

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1952 Corpus Christi (Texas) Times 12 July 2/4 A major reshaping of Australia's defense program is expected to follow the first meeting early next month of the Anzus Pact partners.

1952 N.Y. Times 15 Dec. 1/6 The Alliance..known as anzus, was devised to safeguard the Antipodes against a resurgence of Japanese militarism.

1954 H. Macmillan Diary 12 Apr. (2003) 306 So far, we have no American guarantee of any kind for our Eastern interests... We are not members of ANZUS (which is very shaming for us).

1959 Times 27 Oct. 12/5 Senior diplomatic and military officials of the United States, Australia, and New Zealand met..to-day for the annual review of the Anzus defence pact.

1970 S. Encel Equality & Authority v. xx. 420 Until the signature of the anzus pact in 1951, Australian defence policy was a reflex of British imperial strategy; since then, it has become little more than an appendage of United States strategy in the Pacific area.

1985 Manch. Guardian Weekly (Nexis) 10 Mar. 6 The Anzus defence pact..was on the brink of collapse on Monday night as the two senior partners, the US and Australia, stepped up pressure on the third, New Zealand, to rethink its antinuclear policies.

2004 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 21 Aug. (Insight) 11 Australia's alliance with the US, and the moral (if not legal) obligations that accompany it, go far beyond ANZUS.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	anzus
释义	Anzusn. Brit. /ˈanzəs/, U.S. /ˈænzəs/ Forms: 1900s– A.N.Z.U.S., 1900s– ANZUS, 1900s– Anzus. Origin: Formed within English, as an acronym. Etymons: proper names Australia, New Zealand, United States. Etymology: Acronym < the initial letters of the names of Australia, New Zealand, and the United States. Compare earlier Anzac n. A military alliance between Australia, New Zealand, and the United States, binding the three countries to cooperate on security matters, originally and chiefly those relating to the Pacific area. Also called Pacific Security Treaty. Frequently attributive.The alliance was established as a trilateral defence pact in 1951, but the status of the agreement between the United States and New Zealand has been unclear since 1984, when a dispute arose over port access for American nuclear vessels. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > international agreements > [noun] > alliance or confederacy > ally > group of allied states > specific allied states the Allies1914 Anzus1952 1952 Corpus Christi (Texas) Times 12 July 2/4 A major reshaping of Australia's defense program is expected to follow the first meeting early next month of the Anzus Pact partners. 1952 N.Y. Times 15 Dec. 1/6 The Alliance..known as anzus, was devised to safeguard the Antipodes against a resurgence of Japanese militarism. 1954 H. Macmillan Diary 12 Apr. (2003) 306 So far, we have no American guarantee of any kind for our Eastern interests... We are not members of ANZUS (which is very shaming for us). 1959 Times 27 Oct. 12/5 Senior diplomatic and military officials of the United States, Australia, and New Zealand met..to-day for the annual review of the Anzus defence pact. 1970 S. Encel Equality & Authority v. xx. 420 Until the signature of the anzus pact in 1951, Australian defence policy was a reflex of British imperial strategy; since then, it has become little more than an appendage of United States strategy in the Pacific area. 1985 Manch. Guardian Weekly (Nexis) 10 Mar. 6 The Anzus defence pact..was on the brink of collapse on Monday night as the two senior partners, the US and Australia, stepped up pressure on the third, New Zealand, to rethink its antinuclear policies. 2004 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 21 Aug. (Insight) 11 Australia's alliance with the US, and the moral (if not legal) obligations that accompany it, go far beyond ANZUS. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1952
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