Dictionary entry

Deterrent

Pronunciation: /dɪˈtɛr(ə)nt/

Pronunciation

/dɪˈtɛr(ə)nt/

Myanmar Meaning

(n) ဟန့်တားသော အရာ။ (adj) ဟန့်တားသော။

Definition

deterrent /dÇ'terǝnt; US -'tɜ:-/ n ဟန္႔တားမႈ။ အဟန္႔အတား။ nuclear deterrents ❍ His punishment will be a deterrent to others. adj အဟန္႔အတားျဖစ္ေသာ၊ ျဖစ္ေစေသာ။ have a deterrent effect. ❏ deterrence /dÇ'terǝns; US -'tɜ:-/ n [U] အၿခိမ္း အေျခာက္ အဟန္႔အတား။ nuclear deterrence (ie having nuclear weapons in order to make an enemy too frightened to attack).

Examples

  1. [deterrent to] : Fear of being caught acts as a deterrent to breaking the law.
  2. Britain’s nuclear deterrent