| 单词 | postcode lottery |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspostcode lottery British. attributive. Influenced or determined by a person's locality or postal address (chiefly with reference to the unequal provision of health care). Frequently in figurative phrase postcode lottery. ΚΠ 1995 Independent 6 Dec. 8/2 The problems of poverty are exacerbated by stereotyping. Estates suffer from ‘postcode’ discrimination; taxi drivers and delivery vans will not go there. 1997 Mirror (Electronic ed.) 7 Nov. Breast cancer victim Helen..would have got the drug free if she lived just 20 miles away in Somerset. Her plight highlighted the ‘postcode lottery’ faced by cancer patients. 1998 Scotsman (Electronic ed.) 8 July Patchy, unenforceable guidelines have meant it is up to individual health boards to decide whether they make drugs available, leading to so-called postcode prescribing. 1999 Sentinel (Electronic ed.) 15 Jan. The introduction of free travel for Welsh pensioners will focus attention on the need for Government funded UK-wide travel for pensioners and an end to the present postcode lottery. 2000 Evening Tel. (Coventry) (Electronic ed.) 20 Dec. I believe we have a fair wind from the government on this legislation and the historic opportunity to end the postcode lottery of adoption services across the country. < as lemmas |
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