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

• 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？
• 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。
• The cold war between the two countries lasted for eight years.
  两国之间的冷战持续了八年。
• Because the Cold War is finished.
  因为冷战已经结束了。
• 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。
• 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。
• I was to be taught Russian and then sent to Berlin as a Cold War spy.
  我学习了俄语，接着作为一名冷战间谍被送往了柏林。
• Together with our allies, we forged a lasting peace from a cold war.
  同我们的盟友一起，我们经历了冷战，缔造了持久和平。
• 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。
• 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。