核心畫面

Picture a consulting room: bare surfaces, bright light, a doctor working from what the tests show rather than from how anyone feels about it. That room gives the word both its medical meaning and its two everyday ones — the way of thinking, and the cold bare look of a place.

可以想成:一間診間——檯面空空的、燈光很亮,醫生看的是檢查數據,而不是誰對這件事的感受。這個房間同時給了這個字它的醫更多收起可以想成:一間診間——檯面空空的、燈光很亮,醫生看的是檢查數據,而不是誰對這件事的感受。這個房間同時給了這個字它的醫學意思,和兩個日常的引申:那種抽離的思考方式,以及一個地方冷冷清清的樣子。

From the picture

像醫生那樣抽離地看事情

把醫生看數據的那種態度搬到日常判斷上:不讓情緒介入,只看事實。用在人身上時語氣是雙面的,可能是稱讚冷靜,也可能是說對方太冷。

coldly objective · adjective · C1

Thinking about only the facts, without letting feelings get in the way.

冷靜客觀的

地方冷冷清清、太過素淨

把診間的樣子拿來形容別的空間:乾淨、白、什麼裝飾都沒有,於是也少了溫度。這個用法通常帶著一點抱怨。

sterile; unwelcoming · adjective · C1

Describing a room or place that is very plain and clean but cold and not comfortable.

冷清簡陋的

Also in this word

medical; clinical · adjective · C1

Relating to the medical care and testing of people who are ill.

臨床的

hospital-related · adjective · C1

Relating to a hospital or clinic, or done in one.

醫療機構的

原始詞典資料7 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

clinicaladj/ˈklɪn.ɪ.kəl/

  • 1

    medicinesciencesDealing with the practical management of patients, in practice at the point of care; as contrasted with other health care venues (see clinical medicine for more explanation).

    • “We are social beings,” Jaime Blandino, a clinical psychologist in Decatur, Georgia, told CNN. “My most extroverted clients are having the hardest time.”
  • 2

    Of or pertaining to a clinic, such as a medical clinic or law clinic.

    • Medicine is now more often practiced in a clinical setting than in the home.
  • 3

    Cool and emotionless, in a professional way, as contrasted with an impetuous or unprofessional way.

  • 4

    Objective; analytical.

    • We took a clinical approach to resolving conflicts.
  • 5

    Excellent and precise.

    • Fly-half Jonny Wilkinson put his below-par performance against Argentina behind him with a fine first-half showing, slotting four kicks from six and controlling his back-line with aplomb, while England's three-quarters were brimming with life and clinical with their execution.
    • Remarkably United’s 10 men almost salvaged an improbable draw during a late, spirited challenge. They showed great competitive courage in that period and there were chances for Robin van Persie, Ángel Di María and Marouane Fellaini to punish City for defending too deeply and not being more clinical with their opportunities at the other end.
  • 6

    obsoleteOf or relating to a bed, especially a deathbed.

    • a clinical convert: one who turns to religion on their death-bed
    • clinical baptism

clinicalnoun/ˈklɪn.ɪ.kəl/

  • 1

    educationA medical student's session spent in a real-world nursing environment.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。