词汇 | worried-well |
释义 | worried well noun[ plural ] uk /ˌwʌr.id ˈwel/ us /ˌwɝː.id ˈwel/ people who are healthy but see a doctor because they think that they may have a disease or medical problem: 疑病症;焦虑身体状况的健康人 Too much money is spent treating the worried well rather than people who are actually sick.太多的钱花在治疗焦虑自己身体状况的健康人身上,而不是真正的病人。 Nearly 500 people died of the disease and more than 6,600 were "worried well", concerned that they, too, were infected. 近500人死于这种疾病,6600多人“毫无必要地怀疑”自己也感染了这种病。 Private health clinics should immediately stop offering whole body scans to the "worried well", because they carry too high a radiation risk. A fast-track system for urgent suspected cases of breast cancer is being overwhelmed by the worried well. The system needs to be able to handle mass casualties, as well as the worried well, those people who think they have been exposed to chemical agents. The architects of the NHS did not foresee the surge in visits to GPs, the legions of worried well. Disease & illness - general words advanced aggressiveness autoimmune disease bilharzia bilharziasis complication fulminating gestational hyperendemic hypochondriac iatrogenic industrial disease life-threatening schistosomiasis second degree secretory seizure serial interval snail fever untreated |
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