| 单词 | shroud-waving |
| 释义 | > as lemmasshroud-waving shroud-waving n. and adj. [after flag-waving n. at flag n.4 Compounds 2] British colloquial (freq. depreciative) (a) n. the practice of attempting to gain support for health-care funding by highlighting the life-threatening consequences to patients of underfunding; (in extended use) concentration on the negative effects of a particular policy, etc., in order to influence public opinion; (b) adj. that engages in shroud-waving. ΚΠ 1967 P. L. Nokes Professional Task in Welfare Pract. i. 7 Doctors are able to indulge in a practice that is known in hospital planning as ‘shroud waving’, the habit of pointing out the disasters that will ensue if they do not get their own way. 1979 Health & Social Services Jrnl. Jan. 9 (title) ‘Shroud-waving’ staff frustrated by NHS bureaucracy. 1995 Guardian 1 Apr. (Outlook section) 28/7 The Government accuses consultants of shroud-waving when they intervene and use their clout to secure treatment for patients. But what to do when a man dies after a consultant has not used his clout? 2010 Sunday Times (Nexis) 12 Dec. 27 Climate change shroud-waving isn't working. < as lemmas |
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