🔍 牛津詞典
🔍 朗文詞典
🔍 劍橋詞典
🔍 柯林斯詞典
🔍 麥美倫詞典
🔍 韋氏詞典 🎯
檢索以下詞典：
(Mr. Ng 不推薦使用 Google 翻譯！)
最近搜尋：
- nippy 131
- rerun 91
- forty 135
- Downfall 30
- aesthetic 226
- get over 120
- wide-eyed 59
- phoney 48
- navel 181
- nanny 217
- groundless 133
- liquidate 98
- Personalize 52
- grandee 145
- putter 198
- Superintendent 143
- condonation 59
- cap 472
- playroom 69
- survives 104
- sickle 214
- Decline 274
- up close 49
- could've 99
- Somersault 92
- fidelity 261
- Commemoration 154
- mobilize 286
- myocardium 49
- soil 511
- arctics 37
- sombrero 63
- paw 520
- pervade 116
- idolatry 139
- Swear 225
- fluff 210
- nothing 275
- acetate 72
- Blessing 124
- invigilator 67
- Tiring 37
- ivory 152
- Invasive 153
- Eatable 32
- bang 531
- fanzine 110
- uphold 327
- lib 71
- ease off 134
- what's up 32
- nozzle 79
- combat 322
- broody 130
- postman 502
- underbake 40
- espouse 123
- parallel 490
- Mercy 123
- kitchen 282
- Unseemly 73
- puppet 541
- serious 533
- slug it out 58
- knock 296
- vitriol 62
- crusade 152
- Cost-effective 96
- Shorten 212
- dormitory 424
- mullion 50
- receipt 156
- Imprison 207
- guarantor 175
- Liking 69
- For 200
- qualifier 83
- backhand 118
- remaining 83
- the Far East 55
- subscription 229
- confounded 117
- Eyeliner 40
- dying 432
- worldly 152
- angularity 102
- wearer 57
- gel 225
- smokeless 56
- rancorous 69
- render 474
- Vogue 77
- respect 560
- progenitor 179
- chatter 167
- Continuing 176
- represented 40
- coquette 118
- prejudiced 84
- give over to 81
- remind 466
- churchgoer 112
- sweat 526
- Overdue 131
- retail 486
- discover 478
- fireman 449
- km 100
- Bahrain 86
- rebuild 105
- BEARABLE 148
- Clinician 37
- thematic 103
- chiasmi 31
- chronometer 104
- sometime 433
- laboratory 494
- splay 83
- Memory 203
- Testify 61
- sequential 60
- individualist 76
- Loch 87
- sallow 110
- enlist 204
- environmentalist 129
- necked 43
- stopgap 63
- cheat 459
- at worst 31
- explosion 489
- negative 510
- feel 270
- Expansion 242
- brainstorming 129
- Finish 51
- incentivize 152
- Part 277
- occlude 44
- maudlin 66
- popinjay 47
- temerity 112
- au pair 111
- history 581
- ambit 112
- appendage 114
- heater 77
- weary 521
- dentist 110
- dead weight 90
- life 286
- Sunk 72
- Inferior 174
- Haystack 85
- guerrilla 141
- phonograph 70
- potpie 63
- racegoer 53
- Limited 178
- Shipping 79
- Broad 136
- synoptic 97
- crooked 123
- dust 516
- mediation 226
- softener 44
- garibaldi 38
- cull 215
- chunk 241
- actuate 132
- replete 113
- spooky 97
- contretemps 96
- Tempt 129
- Condemn 282
- Frank 175
- childminder 98
- sexy 85
- fez 142
- Stamina 160
- defend 503
- snout 84
- flight 213
- fleece 178
- contentious 141
- luncheon 221
- maroon 73
- adman 106
- grieve 501
- creepy 163
- penitentiary 145
- notepad 52
- driving 179
- exhortation 88
- eyelash 122
- 's 114
- indecision 68
- pattern 506
- gobbet 174
- HIGHLIGHT 78
- distillate 82
- supremacist 114
- Frighten 90
- mix up 166
- Squash 183
- Con 204
- primarily 443
- Validity 193
- generalized 100
- defy 321
- upper 482
- thermometer 479
- weekend 260
- spacious 249
- plug 573
- Adulthood 177
- Vague 109
- gnat 126
- bonbon 110
- softly 391
- Garter 94
- yell 546
- network 501
- Eyebrow 23
- Budding 56
- Sea 106
- Sabre 44
- wage earner 47
- boatswain 111
- Cuisine 124
- foundling 113
- fraught 187
- verse 134
- go in with 62
- guaranteed 113
- stepparent 52
- gruff 202
- Cinema 165
- cowrie 123
- teacher 260
- Handyman 25
- excuse 262
- Apache 59
- jump 316
- Disappointed 171
- bereavement 215
- emulation 104
- death rattle 93
- conservator 78
- neighborhood 508
- go to sleep 90
- sheet 604
- sorceress 57
- extension 499
- stool 473
- disco 115
- bathroom 519
- silk screen 67
- disheveled 139
- stepchild 62
- deplane 79
- hay 470
- rummage 91
- devoted 329
- sport 288
- ulcerated 48
- unattached 62
- waffle 62
- impress 586
- pseudo- 30
- acknowledgement 127
- gallery 546
- Symphony 62
- Conservative 427
- sweet 277
- beatboxing 40
- air force 118
- royalty 152
- Nostalgia 91
- passage 149
- Remove 145
- Attest 87
- Quadriplegic 59
- supine 80
- sod 210
- Service 234
- reality 587
- Pandemic 200
- corruptible 80
- signally 71
- yogurt 86
- false start 95
- point man 52
- Consolidation 128
- farmyard 122
- tumbleweed 56
- ski 530
- Illness 268
- Perception 161
- telegram 468
- industrialize 463
- fattest 53
- transcript 70
- stranded 163
- male 534
- immediate 482
- brush-off 100
- question 269
- Afflict 50
- Polystyrene 56
- confound 242
- migrant 278
- pin 574
- isabella 47
- mosey 69
- indoor 385
- aforesaid 116
- teardrop 58
- Unimpeded 47
- mon 56
- liberalize 266
- directory 167
- queue 504
- brightness 113
- absurd 203
- internet 493
- financial year 113
- special 484
- forearm 132
- dejected 140
- loaded 277
- nimbi 33
- time 543
- ranting 117
- mascot 86
- telly 76
- tousle 83
- herb 295
- Patient 209
- overcast 67
- breakup 297
- gold leaf 102
- conserve 436
- inconclusive 78
- overlapped 28
- reap 476
- bilge 175
- thumping 68
- load 579
- unify 197
- Unjust 142
- uneasy 497
- Combustion 22
- Guardian 177
- led 92
- Hill 186
- comparable 503
- interior 538
- megabuck 63
- reintroduction 71
- peasant 411
- BALM 102
- Bulb 162
- fundamentals 73
- adolescence 149
- epilogue 107
- divorce 597
- gaslight 179
- Imperial 86
- Enmity 179
- shaker 137
- trivial 252
- brio 112
- adhere 516
- Pop 208
- caution 247
- football 168
- Answer 145
- in favor of 52
- profit 585
- scorch 124
- petrol 468
- acute 467
- pluperfect 57
- singer 524
- extent 485
- kiosk 172
- Vacillation 144
- ironwork 83
- unfeigned 73
- Vendor 202
- Alternate 207
- tranquility 234
- arise 635
- impressionable 216
- cheeky 143
- Strength 190
- recording 193
- Arousal 132
- practically 410
- think 307
- witness 597
- pathological 225
- Fridge 101
- confidence game 89
- gumming 50
- MOISTURE 149
- offensive 304
- nosedive 81
- niche 189
- accessories 71
- Adaptation 199
- mismatched 58
- ethnography 134
- helmsman 74
- connoisseur 159
- swift 510
- marjoram 55
- (as) blind as a bat 24
- mannequin 64
- Developer 47
- voyeurism 165
- enthusiast 207
- nose 246
- sepulchre 79
- harasser 35
- damned 133
- brownie 118
- Poisoning 194
- tollbooth 61
- nde 72
- simple 289
- entrapped 49
- abstract 491
- hinder 236
- helpful 481
- poky 183
- google 91
- dipper 123
- ideological 180
- Boot 136
- Romance 172
- poetic justice 61
- get away from it all 38
- Jiggle 63
- flinch 236
- derail 228
- faggot 83
- sputnik 49
- sadism 84
- vine 451
- comparative 481
- alveole 52
- Vest 121
- grow apart 86
- unclear 218
- caviar 117
- Former 168
- Lot 186
- Top 230
- Thumb 257
- demagogue 202
- flick 151
- jog 293
- nc 93
- seated 45
- Universality 100
- sponsorship 166
- nasty 572
- articulate 224
- Sweetness 128
- irrevocable 72
- Moderate 134
- psychoanalytic 60
- divorcée 346
- FROM 61
- option 520
- Promote 253
- thursday 101
- electroplate 133
- Consuming 32
- drizzle 135
- Madam 155
- Satire 112
- discretion 125
- Fraudster 98
- honour, honourable, honourary 155
- electrification 82
- representation 268
- spur 587
- System 222
- Thatch 30
- fly at 90
- incapacitate 87
- painful 509
- solely 441
- yacht 153
- Well-being 20
- Heavyweight 115
- method 617
brinkmanship
noun
brink·man·ship ˈbriŋk-mən-ˌship 
variants or less commonly brinksmanship
: the art or practice of pushing a dangerous situation or confrontation to the limit of safety especially to force a desired outcome
Example Sentences
two nations caught up in nuclear brinksmanship
Recent Examples on the Web That type of maneuver — a mix of boldness and brinkmanship — is typical of Laporta, who benefits from a cult of personality unmatched by previous presidents during the club’s modern history. 
New York Times, 3 Aug. 2022 Relations hit their lowest ebb since the Cold War in recent months, with insults, warnings and military brinkmanship threatening a continuing downward spiral. Washington Post, 15 June 2021 And anxiety that President Vladimir V. Putin may not switch the gas back on — as a display of brinkmanship with countries that oppose Russia’s invasion of Ukraine — is particularly sharp. New York Times, 15 July 2022 That Simeone’s team had been able to run City so close was not despite its brinkmanship, but because of it. New York Times, 13 Apr. 2022 The limitations on what those majorities can do is rapidly attenuating, and if voters don’t send a contrary message, the result will be a combustible mix of greater polarization, partisan brinkmanship and heightened election stakes. The Editorial Board, WSJ, 21 Jan. 2022 Wagner’s car rolled off of a VW Beetle assembly line in 1962, the year Russian leader Nikita Khrushchev played nuclear brinkmanship with President Kennedy. Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2022 The country will now face early elections after days of brinkmanship in which Mr. Khan tried to dissolve Parliament to head off the no-confidence vote. New York Times, 9 Apr. 2022 An atomic test would be the first globally in more than four years and add to concerns about the risks of nuclear brinkmanship amid Russia’s war in Ukraine. Jon Herskovitz, Bloomberg.com, 7 Apr. 2022 See More
New York Times, 3 Aug. 2022 Relations hit their lowest ebb since the Cold War in recent months, with insults, warnings and military brinkmanship threatening a continuing downward spiral. Washington Post, 15 June 2021 And anxiety that President Vladimir V. Putin may not switch the gas back on — as a display of brinkmanship with countries that oppose Russia’s invasion of Ukraine — is particularly sharp. New York Times, 15 July 2022 That Simeone’s team had been able to run City so close was not despite its brinkmanship, but because of it. New York Times, 13 Apr. 2022 The limitations on what those majorities can do is rapidly attenuating, and if voters don’t send a contrary message, the result will be a combustible mix of greater polarization, partisan brinkmanship and heightened election stakes. The Editorial Board, WSJ, 21 Jan. 2022 Wagner’s car rolled off of a VW Beetle assembly line in 1962, the year Russian leader Nikita Khrushchev played nuclear brinkmanship with President Kennedy. Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2022 The country will now face early elections after days of brinkmanship in which Mr. Khan tried to dissolve Parliament to head off the no-confidence vote. New York Times, 9 Apr. 2022 An atomic test would be the first globally in more than four years and add to concerns about the risks of nuclear brinkmanship amid Russia’s war in Ukraine. Jon Herskovitz, Bloomberg.com, 7 Apr. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1956, in the meaning defined above
Time Traveler
The first known use of brinkmanship was in 1956 👨🏻🏫 Mr. Ng 韋氏詞典 📚 – mw.mister5️⃣.net
切換為繁體中文