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单词 scare tactic
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Definition of scare tactic in English:

scare tactic

noun
  • A strategy intended to manipulate public opinion about a particular issue by arousing fear or alarm.

    we need facts, not scare tactics and false information
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He is convinced popular opposition is due to the scare tactics of 'pressure groups.'
    • Unfortunately, with a population that has not been taught to think deeply, these scare tactics often achieve their desired results.
    • Expect more Kyoto doomsday scare tactics from the party's leadership.
    • One Congressional study found 80 percent of these programs contained false information and scare tactics, not science.
    • The music industry's anti-download scare tactics just won't wash.
    • And isn't it an abuse of power for a public official, in an official communication, to be engaging in scare tactics in an effort to influence how his subordinates vote?
    • I find myself taken back by his sad lack of facts and willingness to use these scare tactics to further his agenda.
    • Many abstinence-only programs use scare tactics to make their case that premarital sex has negative consequences.
    • European officials, rattled by recent rejections of the EU constitution, are using scare tactics to try to win people's support.
    • How much of this is really true and how much is a scare tactic to make us panic and want to go back to living off the land?
    • They were accused of scare tactics last night after claiming the Chancellor plans a 40 per cent tax on profits from house sales.
    • We should not allow these scare tactics to succeed.
    • One of the central findings was that positive messages, as opposed to traditional health scare tactics, are required to persuade people to change their diet.
    • Historically, main-stream prevention programs were largely didactic and used scare tactics to alter children's attitudes and dissuade them from using drugs.
    • Today's anti-drug programs claim to have replaced all the scare tactics of years past with good, solid information about the physiological effects of drug use.
    • He said the notices were not a scare tactic, but a way of giving people information.
    • Lawyers for the victims viewed the move as a scare tactic to keep others from coming forward.
    • Instead of a grown-up debate as to how best to help our public services, she is resorting to scare tactics.
    • Clearly, manufacturers are resorting to scare tactics as public distrust of pharmaceutical companies and vaccines grows.
    • Police officers have been left shocked by the scare tactics used by a ruthless crook who stole the savings of a 90-year-old Upavon woman.
 
 

Definition of scare tactic in US English:

scare tactic

nounske(ə)r ˈtaktik
  • A strategy intended to manipulate public opinion about a particular issue by arousing fear or alarm.

    we need facts, not scare tactics and false information
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The music industry's anti-download scare tactics just won't wash.
    • He said the notices were not a scare tactic, but a way of giving people information.
    • They were accused of scare tactics last night after claiming the Chancellor plans a 40 per cent tax on profits from house sales.
    • I find myself taken back by his sad lack of facts and willingness to use these scare tactics to further his agenda.
    • Expect more Kyoto doomsday scare tactics from the party's leadership.
    • Clearly, manufacturers are resorting to scare tactics as public distrust of pharmaceutical companies and vaccines grows.
    • One Congressional study found 80 percent of these programs contained false information and scare tactics, not science.
    • Instead of a grown-up debate as to how best to help our public services, she is resorting to scare tactics.
    • Lawyers for the victims viewed the move as a scare tactic to keep others from coming forward.
    • How much of this is really true and how much is a scare tactic to make us panic and want to go back to living off the land?
    • One of the central findings was that positive messages, as opposed to traditional health scare tactics, are required to persuade people to change their diet.
    • Historically, main-stream prevention programs were largely didactic and used scare tactics to alter children's attitudes and dissuade them from using drugs.
    • He is convinced popular opposition is due to the scare tactics of 'pressure groups.'
    • Many abstinence-only programs use scare tactics to make their case that premarital sex has negative consequences.
    • European officials, rattled by recent rejections of the EU constitution, are using scare tactics to try to win people's support.
    • Today's anti-drug programs claim to have replaced all the scare tactics of years past with good, solid information about the physiological effects of drug use.
    • And isn't it an abuse of power for a public official, in an official communication, to be engaging in scare tactics in an effort to influence how his subordinates vote?
    • Unfortunately, with a population that has not been taught to think deeply, these scare tactics often achieve their desired results.
    • Police officers have been left shocked by the scare tactics used by a ruthless crook who stole the savings of a 90-year-old Upavon woman.
    • We should not allow these scare tactics to succeed.
 
 
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