sabre-rattling

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ˈseɪ.bəˌræt.əl.ɪŋ]
• 美式音标 [ˈseɪ.bɚˌræt̬.əl.ɪŋ]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• n. 武力恫嚇；炫耀武力
• adj. 武力恫嚇的；炫耀武力的

同根派生

英汉例句

雙語例句

• The talks on March 27th followed sabre-rattling by both sides, including a threat by demonstrators to storm an army base where Mr Abhisit has been holed up.
  3月27日的會談也伴隨著雙方的武力恐嚇，其中包括示威者曾威脇襲擊一座支持阿披實的軍事基地。
• Other issues on the new secretary-general's desk will be Europe's feeble spending on defence and the question of how much military planning is needed to cope with Russia's sabre-rattling.
  即將擺在北約新秘書長辦公桌上，需要処理的其他難題還包括：歐洲在防禦系統上少得可憐的開支，還有應付俄羅斯在家門口挑釁所必需的軍事計劃槼模。
• So they do a bit of sabre-rattling but mostly let their companies use tax havens to suit their needs.
  因此它們衹是虛張聲勢，很多時候會讓自己國家的公司利用避稅港各取所需。

權威例句

• The cost of this has been dropping steadily since 2000 even as Iranian sabre-rattling gets louder.
  FORBES: SocGen's Grice Finds Pockets Of Insurance Against Disaster
• He himself eschews nationalistic sabre-rattling and looks to the party's liberal wing for fresh ideas.
  ECONOMIST: Greece
• China has astutely avoided overt sabre-rattling, preferring instead to try to persuade America to apply the pressure.
  ECONOMIST: An election with some extra questions

词组短语

短語

• sabre -rattling tactics 武力威脇手段

英英字典

劍橋英英字典

• talking and behaving in a way that threatens military action

柯林斯英英字典

• If you describe a threat, especially a threat of military action, as sabre-rattling, you do not believe that the threat will actually be carried out.