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

• They were reaching out the hand of friendship to their former adversaries of the Cold War
  他们向从前冷战时期的对手伸出友谊之手。
• President Mitterrand arrived in Hanoi yesterday to bury old colonial and cold war enmities.
  密特朗总统昨天到达河内，以期结束长久以来殖民战争和冷战造成的敌意。
• 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。
• The end of the Cold War opened the gate of another transition of the world system.
  冷战的终结，开启了世界体系又一次转型的大门。
• For twenty-nine years, Checkpoint Charlie embodied the Cold War
  29年来，查理检查站一直是冷战的象征。
• The cold war between the two countries lasted for eight years.
  两国之间的冷战持续了八年。
• Is not it like opening the doors of a cold war with the dragon country.
  这会不会打开了和龙国冷战的大门。
• 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。
• I hated the Cold War. I think we're very well out of it.
  我痛恨冷战。幸亏我们没有卷进去。
• By all means, you should take immediate action to stop this cold war.
  不管用什么方法，你都应该立即采取行动，制止这场冷战。