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单词 arms race
释义

arms race

noun

: a race between hostile nations to accumulate or develop weapons
broadly : an ever escalating race or competition

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The Kremlin could quite possibly still be locked in an increasingly dangerous nuclear arms race with Washington. David A. Andelman, CNN, 31 Aug. 2022 This host-virus arms race is what allows viruses to be contained within animal populations for multiple generations. William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 1 June 2022 The Celtics, left behind in the superteam arms race, seemed adrift. New York Times, 12 June 2022 Pharma companies who fall behind in the AI arms race will simply not be around in ten years. Glenn Gow, Forbes, 5 June 2022 The $85 million, 140,000-square foot building will usher the Gators into a new era and put them on more even footing in the never-ending arms race. Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 3 June 2022 World leaders have used our studies previously as an impetus to end the nuclear arms race in the 1980s, and five years ago to pass a treaty in the United Nations to ban nuclear weapons. David Bressan, Forbes, 7 July 2022 That sets off a nuclear arms race in the Middle East. NBC News, 20 Mar. 2022 The arms race between the Big Ten and the SEC is spurring radical conference realignment and remaking the Mount Rushmore-like face of college sports with TV money trumping geography. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 5 July 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1921, in the meaning defined above

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