Its assumption is that punishments serve a function of determent.

这种偏见假定惩罚起起到威慑的作用。

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When you must decline a request, determent in advance exactly what you will say.

必须拒绝请求时，应事先确定要说些什么。

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The determent policy has been dubbed MAD, an appropriate acronym which stands for mutual assured destruction.

核禁政策称为MAD，很贴切，是表示保证互相毁灭的缩合字。

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Absent US ABM defenses Iran would, on the whole, still want to acquire a determent capability.

FORBES: A Debate Over Ballistic Missile Defense: Iran is a Rational Actor, and the Huge Unintended Consequences of ABM