| 释义 |
doomwatch|ˈduːmwɒtʃ|
[The name of a BBC television series first broadcast in 1970, f. doom n. + watch n.]
Observation intended to avert danger or destruction, esp. of the environment by pollution or nuclear war; also fig. Freq. attrib.
[1970New Scientist 2 Apr. 3/2 BBC-TV's new scientific soap-opera, Doomwatch, has been fortunate in its first selection of topics to warn us about.] 1970Guardian 23 Dec. 1/1 The Government Chemist..tested 50 tins of tuna bought throughout the country... Mr Prior said:..‘We shall be getting on with this—this Doomwatch, if you like to call it that.’ 1970New Scientist 20 Aug. 379/2 The ‘Doomwatch’ bug that digests plastics to a syrupy mess as you watch is still pure science fiction. 1973Times 3 July 17 In his latest piece of political doomwatch.., he..forecasts an upsurge of bloody revolt against..the ‘casino society’. 1984Times 20 Mar. 12/2 The CCU [sc. Civil Contingencies Unit] remains Whitehall's ‘doomwatch’ organization. It keeps constantly updated files on 16 essential industries and services.
Hence ˈdoomwatcher, a person who observes or monitors evidence for the deterioration of the environment; one who prophesies ecological disaster.
1971New Scientist 18 Mar. 622 (title) Doomwatcher incarnate. 1978Nature 19 Oct. 577/2 As WMO sees it, hard evidence does little to support many of the disaster hypotheses of the doom-watchers... There is one major exception: the problem of increasing CO2 in the atmosphere. |