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nuclear

adjective
 
🔊/ˈnjuːkliə(r)/
🔊/ˈnuːkliər/
[usually before noun]
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  1.  
     using, producing or resulting from nuclear energy原子能的；核能的
    • a nuclear power plant/station核能发电厂
    • China and India only produce a very small percentage of their electricity from nuclear facilities. 中国和印度的核能发电量仅占很小一部分。
    • the nuclear industry原子能工业
    • nuclear-powered submarines核动力潜艇
    • a nuclear reactor核反应堆
    • nuclear waste/fuel核废料/燃料
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    Topics The environmentb1, Physics and chemistryb1
  2.  
     connected with weapons that use nuclear energy核武器的
    • nuclear weapons/arms核武器
    • a nuclear bomb/missile/warhead 核弹/导弹/弹头
    • a nuclear explosion/attack/war 核爆炸／攻击／战争
    • the country’s nuclear capability (= the fact that it has nuclear weapons)这个国家的核力量
    • The country is developing a nuclear weapons program. 该国正在制定核武器计划。
    • They aim to discourage the country from developing its nuclear weapons program further.他们的目的是阻止该国进一步发展其核武器计划。
    • They argued in favour of keeping a nuclear deterrent (= nuclear weapons that are intended to stop an enemy from attacking).他们主张保持核威慑力（旨在阻止敌人进攻的核武器）。
    • The opponents are campaigning for nuclear disarmament.反对者正在为核裁军而战。
    • Years of threats by the U.S. have done nothing to curb these states' nuclear ambitions (= attempts to develop nuclear weapons). 美国多年的威胁并没有遏制这些国家的核野心（即研制核武器的企图）。
    • Russia's huge nuclear arsenal俄罗斯庞大的核武库
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  3. (physics物理) of the nucleus (= central part) of an atom核子的；原子核的
    • nuclear particles核粒子
    • a nuclear reaction核反应
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    Topics Physics and chemistryc1
    4. Word Originmid 19th cent.: from nucleus + -ar.