saber-rattling

saber-rattling

美 　英

• 網絡武力威脅；戰爭叫囂

英漢解釋

n.	1. a threat of violence or military action

例句

So are officials' saber-rattling claims that some day China's economy will thrive enough to threaten that of the United States.

官方耀武揚威的宣稱有朝一日中國經濟將足以威脅到美國也非空穴來風。

Despite the saber rattling, most union leaders are not inclined to call for general strikes or mass pickets.

即便遭遇武力威脅，大部分工會領導人也不愿意召集全國性罷工或大規模游行。

Congressional saber rattling notwithstanding, China is likely to continue to get away with reforming only slowly.

盡管美國國會準備拿中國開刀，但中國很可能以緩慢改革的方式逃脫制裁。

And the North's recent nuclear and missile saber-rattling has many growing nervous about the potential for a resumption of hostilities.

而朝鮮最近極富挑釁行為的核試驗和導彈試射，無疑加深了外界對美朝重燃戰火的緊張情緒。

Some U. S. politicians paint China to be a saber-rattling belligerent.

一些美國政客涂飾中國是武力恫嚇的好戰國家。

Markets have become largely inured to saber-rattling by North Korea but it has in the past caused brief jitters that were quickly reversed.

市場對于北朝鮮的戰爭威脅已經相當適應，但是在過去已曾經導致過快速反應式的神經過敏。

As a response we're saber rattling with our Naval muscle in the south China Sea and Korean Peninsula.

作為回應，在中國南海和朝鮮半島我們就要訴諸武力威脅。

But as worldwide condemnation pours in, there is also the recognition that the test goes beyond the saber-rattling of Pyongyang.

此舉招致國際上譴責不斷，但也有人稱這表明朝鮮在炫耀武力之外，還有其他意味。

They're just saber-rattling. They think we're amassing weapons near the border and they're posturing.

他們只是炫耀武力罷了。他們認為我們在邊境陳兵太多，因此他們需要做做樣子。

Saber rattling that set the stage for war.

為戰爭提供基礎的作響的軍刀