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con·tain·ment
/kənˈtenmənt/
包含;抑制;牽制
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Con·tain·ment
n.
1.
That
which
is
contained
;
the
extent
;
the
substance
. [
Obs
.]
The
containment
of
a
rich
man's
estate
.
--
Fuller
.
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
containment
n
1:
a
policy
of
creating
strategic
alliances
in
order
to
check
the
expansion
of
a
hostile
power
or
ideology
or
to
force
it
to
negotiate
pecefully
; "
containment
of
communist
expansion
was
a
central
principle
of
United
States
'
foreign
policy
from
1947
to
the
1975"
2: (
physics
)
a
system
designed
to
prevent
the
accidental
release
of
radioactive
material
from
a
reactor
3: (
military
)
the
act
of
containing
something
or
someone
;
keeping
it
from
spreading
; "
the
army
was
charged
with
the
containment
of
the
rebel
forces
"
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