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单词 brinkmanship
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brinkmanship
noun[U]
uk
/ˈbrɪŋk.mən.ʃɪp/us
/ˈbrɪŋk.mən.ʃɪp/
theactivity,especiallyinpolitics, oftryingto get what youwantby saying that if you do not get it, you will do somethingdangerous:
（尤指政治上的）边缘政策（指威胁采取极端手段）
Thetalkshavecollapsedand bothsideshave resorted to brinkmanship.谈判失败了，双方都采用了边缘政策。
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(Definition ofbrinkmanshipfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

brinkmanship| Business English

brinkmanship
noun[U]
uk
/ˈbrɪŋkmənʃɪp/us
(alsobrinksmanship)
theactivity,especiallyinpolitics, oftryingto get what youwantby saying that if you do not get it, you will do something that could beharmfulordangerous:
TheCongressandSenatehavetwicenowresorted to brinkmanshipin abidto get thecontroversialtaxpackagespassed.
(Definition ofbrinkmanshipfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofbrinkmanship

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Scholars have examined thebrinkmanshipbetween intellectuals and the regime: how intellectuals reacted to the regime's propaganda and the regime dealt with the intellectuals' reaction.
From theCambridge English Corpus
This form ofbrinkmanshipcan lead to stability and peace, but with the threat of a lethal breakdown always looming over it.
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Both later denied that the crisis spiralled to the level of nuclearbrinkmanship.
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Notwithstanding these alternations, both authors partake in the game ofbrinkmanshipwith the otherness of the old.
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Politicalbrinkmanshipthere was, but we should remember that the interdiction was also intended to stimulate private, in the absence of public, worship.
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The longer coalitions remain in place, the more stable they become, and the less likely that junior partners will engage inbrinkmanship.
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But it is a most precarious position, this steadily sailing into the teeth of the wind, this economic "brinkmanship" that we are going in for.
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In these events there were two essays, and we must not forget that there were two, in "brinkmanship".
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Unless the détente gathers strength quickly, there will be further crises, andbrinkmanshipwill not always pay.
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The reason we are taking this position is not some dangerous piece ofbrinkmanship.
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But by the blackmail ofbrinkmanshipit has more than once brought us to the very edge of the precipice of human disaster.
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It is this element ofbrinkmanshipwhich concerns me.
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Then, the threat of nuclear war had its deterrent effect onbrinkmanship.
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It should be made clear to them thatbrinkmanshipwill not suffice next time round.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
The purpose of the exercise was politicalbrinkmanshipand to cover up the clear divisions between the individual authorities.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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