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单词 heart-searching
释义
heart-searching
noun[U]
mainlyUK
uk
/ˈhɑːtˌsɜː.tʃɪŋ/us
/ˈhɑːrtˌsɝː.tʃɪŋ/
(USusuallysoul-searching)
theactofthinkingveryseriouslyaboutyourfeelings, usually before making animportantdecision:
（通常指作出重要决定前的）内省，反省
After a lot of heart-searching, wedecidedtosplitup.反省很久后，我们决定分手。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Thinking and contemplating
  • a brown studyidiom
  • agonize
  • agonize over/aboutsomething
  • beard-stroking
  • bethink
  • consideration
  • dip
  • harbour
  • introspect
  • introspection
  • joined-up thinking
  • lateral thinking
  • let me see/let's seeidiom
  • reflection
  • run throughsomeone'smind/headidiom
  • scratch
  • scratchyourheadidiom
  • self-contemplation
  • self-reflection
  • soul-searching
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(Definition ofheart-searchingfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofheart-searching

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Greatheart-searchingand anguish was caused, but the church was gone.
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We all know of theheart-searchingand the agony of some people who are unable to have children.
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It might have been hoped that that failure would have led to the mostheart-searchingreappraisal.
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On our part it has needed some pretty severeheart-searchingto reach this conclusion.
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It gave rise to a great deal of difficulty andheart-searching, and to many unfortunate situations, and the law had to be changed.
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In the legal profession we have been going through a similarheart-searching.
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It has been with a great deal ofheart-searchingthat some of us have arrived at that conclusion.
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This may require furtherheart-searchingdecisions and even more contraction within the industry.
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The last few months have been a very difficult time for the industry, involving muchheart-searching.
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I know that many people went through a lot ofheart-searchingover this decision.
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If, therefore, a fixed price contract arrangement had been applied to that aircraft there would have been a lot ofheart-searchinglong ago.
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Does it really want to multiply the poverty, misery, bitterness andheart-searchingthat is involved in one-parent families?
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We have had, in my opinion, an earnest andheart-searchingdebate.
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In 1993, after muchheart-searching, it broke with a 2,000 year-old tradition when it approved the ordination of women priests.
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It would be astonishing if all these changes could go on without disturbance andheart-searchingof the kind in which we are involved.
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