"war of nerves" meaning in 英語

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      "form": "wars of nerves",
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          "ref": "1915, Liman von Sanders Pasha, Field Marshal of Turkish forces at Gallipoli, quoted in \"Says Turks Will Soon Expel British,\" New York Times, 9 Aug., p. 2 (retrieved 24 Aug. 2010):",
          "text": "\"Our brave Ottoman soldiers are not easily frightened by noise, owing to their splendid nerves—and this is a war of nerves, a war in which strong nerves mean victory.\""
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          "ref": "1939, Sir John Anderson quoted in \"Women's Service if War Comes,\" Glasgow Herald, 11 May (retrieved 24 Aug. 2010):",
          "text": "\"In the future, war will not merely be one of men and machines, it will be a war of wills and a war of nerves.\""
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        "神經戰"
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          "ref": "1966, \"Steel Industry Appears To Be Victor in Battle of Prices,\" The Free Lance-Star (USA), 5 Aug. p. 1 (retrieved 24 Aug. 2010):",
          "text": "A united steel industry appeared to have emerged the victor today in a war of nerves to raise prices on some of its products in the face of White House pressure to hold the price line."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1983, \"Small Town Host Big Time Chess Tourney,\" Daytona Beach Morning Journal, 18 July, p. 8A (retrieved 24 Aug. 2010):",
          "text": "14 of America's best chess players are wielding kings, queens and their chessboard servants in a silent but brutal war. . . . \"It's a mental war, it's a war of nerves, of logic, or reasoning, of being a good fighter,\" said Walter Browne."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009, Oleg Shchedrov, \"Russia fears Korea conflict could go nuclear,\" Reuters India, 27 May (retrieved 24 Aug. 2010):",
          "text": "\"We assume that a dangerous brinkmanship, a war of nerves, is under way, but it will not grow into a hot war,\" the official told Tass."
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        "心理戰"
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        "延伸"
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      "word": "psychological warfare"
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          "text": "\"Our brave Ottoman soldiers are not easily frightened by noise, owing to their splendid nerves—and this is a war of nerves, a war in which strong nerves mean victory.\""
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          "ref": "1983, \"Small Town Host Big Time Chess Tourney,\" Daytona Beach Morning Journal, 18 July, p. 8A (retrieved 24 Aug. 2010):",
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