brinkmanship
Definições
The pursuit of an advantage by appearing to be willing to take a matter to the brink (for example, by risking a dangerous policy) rather than to concede a point.
Equivalentes
mais 11 idiomas
Exemplos
“The diplomat accused the other nation’s leader of brinkmanship for refusing to redeploy the troops along their nations’ shared border.”
Nível QECR
C1
Avançado
Esta palavra faz parte do vocabulário QECR C1 — nível avançado.
Esta palavra faz parte do vocabulário QECR C1 — nível avançado.
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