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war machine

/ˈwɔːr məˌʃiːn/

翻译: 指一个国家或集团的全部军事力量与战争机构,包括武器、装备、人员、后勤和指挥体系等,常用来强调其庞大的规模和破坏力。

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C1formalcommonpolitical/ˈwɔːr məˌʃiːn/

A term referring to the entire military apparatus of a country or group, including weapons, vehicles, personnel, and logistics, often used to emphasize its scale and destructive power.

  • 🇨🇳指一个国家或集团的全部军事力量与战争机构,包括武器、装备、人员、后勤和指挥体系等,常用来强调其庞大的规模和破坏力。
  1. Military apparatus B2 formal

    The entire organized military system of a country, including its personnel, equipment, and logistics, viewed as a single powerful entity.

    • The country's war machine was mobilized for the conflict.
    • The general commanded a vast war machine of tanks and aircraft.
    • Economic sanctions were aimed at crippling the enemy's war machine.

    🇨🇳战争机器

  2. Aggressive political system C1 informal

    A metaphorical term for a political or corporate system that is relentlessly aggressive, competitive, or expansionist.

    • The corporation operated like a war machine, crushing all competitors.
    • The political party's campaign was a well-oiled war machine.
    • The media empire was described as a propaganda war machine.

    🇨🇳侵略性政治体系