| 词汇 | heart-searching |
| 释义 | heart-searching noun[ U ] mainly UKuk /ˈhɑːtˌsɜː.tʃɪŋ/ us /ˈhɑːrtˌsɝː.tʃɪŋ/(US usuallysoul-searching) the act of thinking very seriously about your feelings, usually before making an important decision: （通常指作出重要决定前的）内省，反省 After a lot of heart-searching, we decided to split up.反省很久后，我们决定分手。 Thinking and contemplating a brown studyidiom agonize agonize over/about something beard-stroking bethink harbour hit on/upon something I/we'll (have to) seeidiom in the cold light of dayidiom introspect introspection navel reckon reflection reweigh rumination run through someone's mind/headidiom scratch your headidiom self-contemplation weigh Examples of heart-searchingheart-searching Great heart-searching and anguish was caused, but the church was gone. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We all know of the heart-searching and the agony of some people who are unable to have children. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It might have been hoped that that failure would have led to the most heart-searching reappraisal. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 On our part it has needed some pretty severe heart-searching to reach this conclusion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It gave rise to a great deal of difficulty and heart-searching, and to many unfortunate situations, and the law had to be changed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In the legal profession we have been going through a similar heart-searching. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It has been with a great deal of heart-searching that some of us have arrived at that conclusion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This may require further heart-searching decisions and even more contraction within the industry. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The last few months have been a very difficult time for the industry, involving much heart-searching. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I know that many people went through a lot of heart-searching over this decision. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If, therefore, a fixed price contract arrangement had been applied to that aircraft there would have been a lot of heart-searching long ago. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Does it really want to multiply the poverty, misery, bitterness and heart-searching that is involved in one-parent families? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have had, in my opinion, an earnest and heart-searching debate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In 1993, after much heart-searching, it broke with a 2,000 year-old tradition when it approved the ordination of women priests. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It would be astonishing if all these changes could go on without disturbance and heart-searching of the kind in which we are involved. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of heart-searching These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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