| 单词 | heart-sink |
| 释义 | > as lemmasheart-sink heart-sink n. and adj. (a) n. = heart-sinking adj. and n. (b) (rare); (b) adj. colloquial (attributive) that makes the heart sink (chiefly in Medical use with reference to patients considered particularly demanding or labour-intensive). ΚΠ 1920 E. F. Benson Queen Lucia xii. 236 Georgie had one moment of heart-sink. 1983 N. C. H. Stott Primary Health Care iii. 24 ‘Heart-sink’ patients are at risk for incomplete care because the clinician is often less alert when dealing with them. 2001 S. Adams Interviewing for Journalists iii. 31 Avoid being a 'heart-sink' questioner, signalling from the beginning that the interview is to cover well-trampled ground. 2010 GP Mag. (Nexis) 19 Feb. 57 The maladaptive health-seeking behaviour and learned helplessness GPs encounter with so-called 'heart-sink' patients. < as lemmas |
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