| 释义 |
containmentcon‧tain‧ment /kənˈteɪnmənt/ noun [uncountable] formal   - cost containment
- the Cold War policy of containment
- A spill would be especially damaging since equipment normally used for containment could not operate in such shallow waters.
- Far from rejecting internationalism and retreating to isolationism, the Republicans were proposing to go beyond containment.
- In practice, therefore, Eisenhower and Dulles continued the policy of containment.
- Looking back I think she could hardly have lived anywhere more suited to the containment of her difficulty.
- The firm which had fire-proofed the building got high praise for the containment of the blaze.
- The policy, in other words, was containment, not rollback.
- Weldon also would like to see more detail on cost containment measures.
NOUN► cost· The problem with Saatchi is cost containment.· Typically, managers focus on operating their area of assigned responsibility for efficiency, cost containment, and compliance with delivery schedules.· Nevertheless, new problems of access were appearing on the horizon, as were issues of cost containment.· Weldon also would like to see more detail on cost containment measures.· Some general managers had been rather unfairly linked with cost containment and cutbacks.· Indeed, for many municipalities a concern with cost containment and with stimulating private investment became a practical necessity.· The immediate emphasis will be on cost containment and cash conservation. ► policy· The Czechoslovakian coup did two things absolutely necessary for the adoption of the containment policy. the act of keeping something under control, stopping it becoming more powerful etc:  containment of public expenditure political containment of member states |