单词 | nightmare scenario |
释义 | > as lemmasnightmare scenario nightmare scenario n. the worst of a range of options or contingencies. ΚΠ 1971 N.Y. Times 6 Aug. 31 Such is the nightmare scenario alarming many capitals. 1974 Polit. Sci. Q. 94 88 Here, between 1951 and 1954, the nightmare scenario of American policymakers seemed to be playing itself out. 1982 Time (Nexis) 4 Jan. 38 Few nightmare scenarios for World War III are more plausible than one in which the opening scene is a border conflict between the U.S.S.R. and China. 2001 Boston Globe (Nexis) 1 Jan. a15 A nightmare scenario would be the formation of a vast terrorist coalition with ‘diverse anti-Western objectives and access to chemical, biological, and even nuclear weapons’. < as lemmas |
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