cold war

英 [ˌkəʊld ˈwɔː(r)]

美 [ˌkoʊld ˈwɔːr]

n.  冷战(通常指第二次世界大战后美国与苏联之间的对峙局面)

法律

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牛津词典

noun

• 冷战（通常指第二次世界大战后美国与苏联之间的对峙局面）
  a very unfriendly relationship between two countries who are not actually fighting each other, usually used about the situation between the US and the Soviet Union after the Second World War

柯林斯词典

• N-PROPER （二战后开始的）冷战
  The Cold Warwas the period of hostility and tension between the Soviet bloc and the Western powers that followed the Second World War.
  1. ...the end of the cold war and the decline in armaments spending.
     冷战的结束和军备开支的减少
  2. ...the first major crisis of the post-Cold War era.
     冷战后第一次重大的危机

英英释义

noun

• a state of political hostility between countries using means short of armed warfare

双语例句

• Immigrants took up arms to preserve our union, to defeat fascism, and to win a Cold War.
  是移民们拿起武器，维护了我们的合众国，打败了法西斯，取得了冷战的胜利。
• Since the end of the cold war, major and profound changes have taken place in the international situation.
  冷战结束后，国际形势发生了重大而深刻的变化。
• The fall of the Berlin Wall symbolised the end of the Cold War between East and West.
  柏林墙的倒塌象征着东西方冷战的结束。
• The crisis in Ukraine has revived memories of the cold war and sparked fears of a new one.
  乌克兰危机再度勾起了人们对冷战的回忆，并引发了人们对新冷战的担忧。
• Liberal opinion regarded them as archaisms of the cold war which, they argued, was in the process of liquidation.
  自由派舆论认为这些限制都是冷战的遗风，他们认为冷战已在消失的过程中。
• With the Cold War almost over, the talks were a mere formality.
  随着冷战即将结束，对话就只是一种形式了。
• Once the cold war had ended it was natural to ask why the western system had prevailed.
  冷战一结束，人们自然会提出一个问题：为什么西方制度获胜了？
• The far-reaching pact has also made sure the Cold War is consigned to history with a joint peace declaration.
  随着和平联合声明的发表，这个意义深远的条约也确保冷战成为了历史。
• There are encouraging signs that cold war attitudes are on the way out
  有令人欣慰的迹象表明冷战思维即将成为历史。
• The cold war came to an end.
  冷战结束了。