sabre-rattling
常見例句
- The talks on March 27th followed sabre-rattling by both sides, including a threat by demonstrators to storm an army base where Mr Abhisit has been holed up.
3月27日的會談也伴隨著雙方的武力恐嚇,其中包括示威者曾威脅襲擊一座支持阿披實的軍事基地。 - Other issues on the new secretary-general's desk will be Europe's feeble spending on defence and the question of how much military planning is needed to cope with Russia's sabre-rattling.
即將擺在北約新秘書長辦公桌上,需要處理的其他難題還包括:歐洲在防御系統(tǒng)上少得可憐的開支,還有應付俄羅斯在家門口挑釁所必需的軍事計劃規(guī)模。 - So they do a bit of sabre-rattling but mostly let their companies use tax havens to suit their needs.
因此它們只是虛張聲勢,很多時候會讓自己國家的公司利用避稅港各取所需。 - The cost of this has been dropping steadily since 2000 even as Iranian sabre-rattling gets louder.
FORBES: SocGen's Grice Finds Pockets Of Insurance Against Disaster - He himself eschews nationalistic sabre-rattling and looks to the party's liberal wing for fresh ideas.
ECONOMIST: Greece - China has astutely avoided overt sabre-rattling, preferring instead to try to persuade America to apply the pressure.
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