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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. 中国和印度只有很小一部分电力来自核设施。 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/核燃料
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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. 该国正在发展核武器计划。 They aim to discourage the country from developing its nuclear weapons program further. 他们旨在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). 他们主张保留核威慑力量。 The opponents are campaigning for nuclear disarmament. 反对者正在为核裁军而斗争。 Years of threats by the U.S. have done nothing to curb these states' nuclear ambitions (= attempts to develop nuclear weapons). 美国多年来的威胁丝毫没有遏制这些国家的核野心。 Russia's huge nuclear arsenal 俄罗斯庞大的核武库
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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
Word Originmid 19th cent.: from nucleus + -ar.