| 单词 | psychological weapon |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspsychological weapon psychological weapon n. an action, strategy, etc., capable of undermining resolution or morale in an opponent. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > war > types of war > [noun] > psychological warfare > weapon of psychological weapon1925 1925 Reno (Nevada) Evening Gaz. 14 Oct. 2/5 Anti-aircraft fire was characterized as a psychological weapon. In case of air attack, he said, ‘we make a lot of noise to relieve the fear of the people.’ 1933 R. W. G. Hingston in Char. & Personality Sept. 3 An enraged animal, when on the point of attacking another, tries to make itself look as terrible as possible. A dog, for instance, raises his hair and exposes the canine tooth... It is the making of these gestures that I call psychological fighting, and the hairs or other structures that function in the gesture I call the psychological weapons of fight. 1976 R. Dawkins Selfish Gene (1978) viii. 141 Every psychological weapon at its disposal: lying, cheating, deceiving. 2006 Vancouver Sun (Nexis) 26 June d2 [He] says his team has a psychological weapon: its players' deeply held religious beliefs. < as lemmas |
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