| 单词 | war of nerves |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswar of nerves war of nerves n. the use of hostile or subversive propaganda to undermine morale and cause confusion and uncertainty; psychological warfare; also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > war > types of war > [noun] > psychological warfare psychological war1918 psychological warfare1939 war of nerves1939 nerve war1941 psychological operations1951 psy-war1951 psy-op1965 1939 Mississippi Valley Hist. Rev. 26 465 A propaganda war could be a substitute for a war of physical destruction. For a moment, during the war of nerves, it seemed that that might come to pass. 1940 Ann. Reg. 1939 81 The British public..did not allow the ‘war of nerves’ organised by the Nazi Government to interfere in the least with its August holiday. 1953 E. Simon Past Masters iv. ii. 223 War of nerves... Best thing to do is take no notice. 1974 P. Wright Lang. Brit. Industry ii. 26 Recent threats of conflicts have produced, e.g., cold war and war of nerves. 1989 R. Whiting You gotta have Wa (1990) ii. 49 The ‘get-set’ ritual in sumo, for example, with its squatting, stamping, and fierce glaring, has its equivalent in the war of nerves the pitcher and the batter wage, which involves delaying tactics like calling time and cleaning spikes. < as lemmas |
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