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ˈpeace ˌdividend noun [singular] PMWPPPthe money that is saved on weapons and is available for other purposes, when a government reduces its military strength because the risk of war has been reduced 和平红利，和平效益〔由于战争风险降低，政府通过削减军费而节省下来用于其他用途的资金〕Examples from the Corpuspeace dividend• But Cheltenham has been hit by the recession, the signs are there, fuelled in part by the so-called peace dividend.• He mumbles some nonsense about clowns being the cause of peace - perhaps the money for the convention is the peace dividend?• But the base is about to become a casualty of the peace dividend.• The peace dividend has contributed to thousands of job cuts at defence contractors like Dowty group and Smiths industries.ˈpeace ˌdividend nounChineseSyllable on weapons the money that saved is Corpus |