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containment

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++con·tain·ment /kənˈteɪnmənt/ noun [uncountable] formal  CONTROLthe act of keeping something under control, stopping it becoming more powerful etc 控制;抑制 containment of public expenditure 控制公共支出 political containment of member states 对各成员国的政治遏制
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containmentFar from rejecting internationalism and retreating to isolationism, the Republicans were proposing to go beyond containment.Weldon also would like to see more detail on cost containment measures.cost containmentA spill would be especially damaging since equipment normally used for containment could not operate in such shallow waters.In practice, therefore, Eisenhower and Dulles continued the policy of containment.the Cold War policy of containmentThe firm which had fire-proofed the building got high praise for the containment of the blaze.Looking back I think she could hardly have lived anywhere more suited to the containment of her difficulty.The policy, in other words, was containment, not rollback.
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containment
containment /kənˈteɪnmənt/ noun [uncountable] formal
the act of keeping something under control, stopping it becoming more powerful etc:
    containment of public expenditure
    political containment of member states


con·tain·mentBrE /kənˈteɪnmənt/ 🔊NAmE /kənˈteɪnmənt/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] (formal) the act of keeping sth under control so that it cannot spread in a harmful way 控制;抑制the containment of the epidemic对流行病的控制the act of keeping another country's power within limits so that it does not become too powerful (对另一个国家力量的)遏制a policy of containment遏制政策