sabre-rattling

常見(jiàn)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(huì)談也伴隨著雙方的武力恐嚇，其中包括示威者曾威脇襲擊一座支持阿披實(shí)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(shū)長(zhǎng)辦公桌上，需要?jiǎng)I理的其他難題還包括：歐洲在防禦系統(tǒng)上少得可憐的開(kāi)支，還有應(yīng)付俄羅斯在家門(mén)口挑釁所必需的軍事計(jì)劃槼模。
So they do a bit of sabre-rattling but mostly let their companies use tax havens to suit their needs.
因此它們衹是虛張聲勢(shì)，很多時(shí)候會(huì)讓自己國(guó)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.
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He himself eschews nationalistic sabre-rattling and looks to the party's liberal wing for fresh ideas.
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China has astutely avoided overt sabre-rattling, preferring instead to try to persuade America to apply the pressure.
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