determent [
di'tә:mәnt]
n. 威慑, 制止
- Potential problem of celebrity status is not much of a determent to those seeking limelight.
成名带来的潜在问题不会使那些寻求名人地位的人却步。 - Potential problems of celebrity status are not much of a determent to those seeking limelight.
成名带来的潜在问题不会使那些寻求名人地位的人却步。 - The determent policy has been dubbed MAD, an appropriate acronym which stands for mutual assured destruction.
核禁政策称为MAD,很贴切,是表示保证互相毁灭的缩合字。
determent[ noun ]
a communication that makes you afraid to try something
<noun.communication>
Determent \De*ter"ment\, n. [From {Deter}.]
The act of deterring; also, that which deters. --Boyle.