单词 | flatlined |
释义 | flatlinedadj. Originally and chiefly North American. Of a person: registering a flatline on an electrocardiogram or electroencephalogram; suffering cardiac arrest or brain death, dead; (in extended use) failing, not viable. Also: static, flat. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > management of national resources > [adjective] > relating to states or trends of the economy anti-inflation1870 anti-inflationist1874 robust1886 static1890 recessionary1897 deflationary1920 inflationary1920 maximized1920 mature1928 recessional1929 anti-inflationary1932 reflationary1932 reflationist1932 Kondratieff1935 anti-cyclical1938 flatline1946 maximizing1949 stagnationist1951 countercyclical1952 recessed1956 recessive1971 stagflationary1971 flatlined1986 1986 M. H. Blitzer in R. DeBellis et al. Suffering 139 How can I be telling you that I'm flatlined if I am dead? I don't want the defibrillator paddles! 1990 Atlanta Business Chron. 17 Dec. 19 a As the economy remains flatlined, small business owners are becoming more concerned. 1994 Frank 17 Feb. 18/2 The flatlined weekly's recent ‘major reorganization’ fooled no one. 1997 Indianapolis Star (Nexis) 15 June co5 Electric shock only works when heart rhythm is chaotic. ‘If they are flat-lined (without a pulse), you can't fix that with electric shock.’ 2001 San Antonio Business Jrnl. (Nexis) 3 Aug. Increasing medical expenses are far outpacing flat-lined revenues. 2004 M. St. Amant Committed (2005) ii. 14 Maybe LeBron and Carmelo can..rescue the league from its dull, flatlined abyss, but..the NBA..blows. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1986 |
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