Confidence that this relationship could be stable came from mutual assured destruction, with caution resulting from the prospect of terrible retribution even after a surprise first strike.

In the language of cold-war nukes, it would be mutually assured destruction ( MAD).

这种情况可套用冷战核竞赛时代的一句话，那就是“确保相互毁灭”。

It stands for mutually assured destruction.

它是“确保相互毁灭”的缩写

it becomes apparent that the whole notion of this mutually assured destruction would not work.

情况变得显而易见，“确保相互毁灭”这个概念将不再适用

We built one, too. mad: mutually assured destruction.

我们也建造了一个相互毁灭器。

You know what mutually assured destruction is, right?

你知道什么叫做“同归于尽”吧

And so the Mutually Assured Destruction policy of the Cold War

冷战时期美苏这种互毁式核武攻击策略

What would be the point other than mutually assured destruction?

除了相互毁灭之外还有什么意义呢？

So great are the risks that the nuclear doctrine of mutually assured destruction is already being mentioned as a template for an international understanding, prompting admiral Owens to recommend an agreement on "no first use of cyber-attack".

这种风险如此巨大，以至于人们已把相互确保摧毁核武器的理念作为一种国际谅解的模板，欧文斯因此建议签署一项“不首先使用网络攻击”的协议。

I'm working as a waitress at the moment.

现在我是一名餐厅服务员。

What is this, "12 years a waitress"?

啥情况，“12年的服务生涯”？

And that is a waitress who needs to make some tips.

而这位是需要挣点小费的服务员。

You're way too pretty to just be a waitress.

你太美，不可能只是个服务员。

She dropped out of school to become a waitress.

她退学去当女侍应生。

Have you been a waitress a long time, Kelly?

凯莉你当服务生很久了吗

But I'd rather be a waitress or stay home.

不过我宁愿当女招待或呆在家里。

I did the same kind of thing as a waitress.

我做服务员的时候也做过同样的事。

If you are a waitress then read books on customer service.

如果你是一名服务员，读客户服务方面的书。

A waitress put a glass of water in front of him.

一名女服务员给他一杯清水。

She got married while working as a waitress.

她在饭店当服务生期间结婚了。

I was still working on and off as a waitress to support myself

我为了糊口仍然间或去做服务员。