heart-searching

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishheart-searchingˈheart-ˌsearching noun [uncountable] THINK ABOUTthe process of examining very carefully your feelings about something or your reasons for doing something SYN soul-searchingExamples from the Corpusheart-searching• They are, in their way, a national heart-searching as well as an economic balance-sheet.• But there is no denying that in the nineteenth century it greatly intensified, causing a good deal of heart-searching.• For most members, supporting their frontbench is normal and the occasions when they rebel are rare and cause them some heart-searching.

单词	heart-searching
释义	heart-searching From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishheart-searchingˈheart-ˌsearching noun [uncountable] THINK ABOUTthe process of examining very carefully your feelings about something or your reasons for doing something SYN soul-searchingExamples from the Corpusheart-searching• They are, in their way, a national heart-searching as well as an economic balance-sheet.• But there is no denying that in the nineteenth century it greatly intensified, causing a good deal of heart-searching.• For most members, supporting their frontbench is normal and the occasions when they rebel are rare and cause them some heart-searching.
随便看	it is inappropriate (for somebody) to do something it is inappropriate for to do it is inappropriate to do it is incumbent on to do it is incumbent upon to do it is incumbent upon/on somebody to do something it is inevitable it is inevitable (that) it is inevitable that it is interesting to know etc it is interesting to see etc it is interesting to see/know etc it is irresponsible (for somebody) to do something it is irresponsible for to do it is irresponsible to do it is it would be better it is kind etc of it is kind etc of to do it is kind/stupid/careless etc of somebody (to do something) it is light it is lucky it is lucky (that) it is lucky that it is madness (for somebody) to do something it is madness for to do