This should act as a deterrence.

这应当作为一种威慑！

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Determinate sentencing, on the other hand, reflects a philosophy of deterrence and means that prison time is relatively fixed, whether an inmate behaves well or badly.

相对的，确定限期刑罚，反映的是以威慑为主的思想，意味着服刑时间相对固定，犯人表现好坏都一样。

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NATO insiders say that some member countries have begun to see BMD as an alternative to nuclear deterrence, not as a complement to it.

北约内部人士表示，一些成员国不再将BMD系统看成是核威慑力量补充，而是其替代品。

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The other benefit is deterrence. "It will save time of fighting and will deter in many cases a potential enemy from really launching an attack."

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Where does long-range aerial refueling come into the strategic requirements of what is, primarily, a deterrence force?

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And has all of this prosecutorial zeal served as a deterrence?

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Chertoff goes on to suggest obliquely that demonstrating retaliatory capability in this way might be one method of deriving a deterrence function from US technical superiority in this field.

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