单词 | deterrent example |
释义 | deterrent example (once / 984943 pages) n WORD FAMILY deterrent example: deterrent examples USAGE EXAMPLESIn the Kercher case, a powerful deterrent example to reporters was already in place. Time(Sep 30, 2011) The government of the United States of North America was cited as a deterrent example. Emerson, Edwin, A History of the Nineteenth Century...(2010) But, surely, the antithesis lies between Alexander the ideal of the young, and Alexander the deterrent example of the old. Coleridge, Ernest Hartley, The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 2(2010) n punishment intended as a warning to others Syn|Hyper example, lesson, object lesson admonition, monition, warning, word of advice cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger or other unpleasantness) |
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