deterrent - Longman Dictionary
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From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishdeterrentde‧ter‧rent /dɪˈterənt $ -ˈtɜːr-/ ○○○ noun [countable] 1 PERSUADEsomething that makes someone ... deterrentFromLongmanDictionaryofContemporaryEnglishdeterrentde‧ter‧rent/dɪˈterənt$-ˈtɜːr-/●○○noun[countable] 1PERSUADEsomethingthatmakessomeonelesslikelytodosomething,bymakingthemrealizeitwillbedifficultorhavebadresults Thesmallfinesforthistypeofcrimedonotactasmuchofadeterrent.deterrentto/for/against Windowlocksareaneffectivedeterrentagainstburglars. thedeterrenteffectofprisonsentences2→nucleardeterrent—deterrencenoun[uncountable]ExamplesfromtheCorpusdeterrent•Expertsdonotagreeaboutwhetherthedeathpenaltyactsasadeterrent.•Thespecialpaintismeanttobeadeterrenttograffitiartists.•What'smore,mostpeoplenolongerbelievethedeathpenaltyisadeterrent.•Thebishopssaidthedeathpenaltywasnotadeterrenttocrime,hadracistovertonesandcostmillionsofdollars.•Thesmallfinesforcopyingsoftwarewerenotmuchofadeterrent.•Andnotonlythat,buttheypassontheirchemicaldeterrentthroughthepupalstageintotheadultmothitself.•Alsouncleariswhetherexecutionbylethalinjectionwillhaveanyeffectonthedeathpenaltyasacrimedeterrent.•Thefinesarelargeenoughtobeaneffectivedeterrentagainstspeeding.•Windowlocksareacheapandeffectivedeterrent.•Asinhumanwarfare,chemicaldefencesareessentiallydeterrentsratherthaneverydayweapons.•Thishasproventobeastrongdeterrentagainsttheft.•Requiringdrugtestsofthisdiscretegroupofcitizensisanintrusion,ahumiliationandasubtledeterrenttoprospectivecandidates.•ItisamatterofregretthattheOpposition'scommitmenttothatdeterrentisnotgenerallyaccepted.actas...adeterrent•Inaddition,dividedcataloguesorseparateclassifiedcataloguescouldalsohaveactedasadeterrenttosubjectsearching.•Doubleglazingmayactasadeterrent,andmayfirmsfitwindowlocksasstandard.•Thissentencecertainlywillnotactasadeterrenttootherdrunkdrivers.•Theblackandwhitestripesoftheskunksactasapowerfuldeterrent,evenfromagreatdistance.•AhalfsquadronofgendarmeshasbeenstationedinMaripasoula,theirpresencesupposedlyactingasadeterrent.•Whetherthatwouldactasadeterrentis,ofcourse,anotherquestionaltogether. Quizzes Quizzes Takeourquickquizzestopractiseyourvocabulary. Wehavethousandsofsix-questionquizzestotry. Choosefromcollocations,synonyms,phrasalverbsandmore. Moreresults nucleardeterrent Seeallresults Picturesoftheday Whatarethese? Clickonthepicturestocheck. Exploretopics Occupations Racerelations Racerelations Colours&sounds Seealltopics Wordoftheday poison asubstancethatcancausedeathorseriousillnessifyoueatit,drinkitetc
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- 1Definition of deterrent - Merriam-Webster
1 : serving to discourage, prevent, or inhibit : serving to deter The ads had a deterrent effect ...
- 2Deterrent definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
A deterrent is something that prevents people from doing something by making them afraid of what ...
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deterrent · adj. 威懾的;遏制的 · n. 威懾力量;制止物 ...