containment
n [U] keeping sth within limits, so that it cannot spread harmfully 阻止; 遏制
Until we'd built up sufficient forces to drive the invaders back, we pursued a policy of containment. 我们对入侵之敌采取牵制的方针, 以备组织好兵力将之击退.
Oh! Well, for that, you'd better find an English pen friend.
哦!那你最好为此找一个英文的笔友。
On our way home that night I looked down and saw that the necklace was not around my neck any more. I told Pierre. We rushed back to the palace and looked for it.We asked everyone there if they had found a necklace, but without luck. We couldn't find it;