| 释义 |
anonymized, ppl. a. Chiefly Med.|æˈnɒnɪmaɪzd|
[f. anonymous a. + -ize + -ed1.]
Made anonymous, esp. by the removal of names or identifying particulars; spec. designating a form of medical screening, performed chiefly for statistical purposes, in which the identities of the subjects are unknown to the investigators.
1972A. Marre First Rep. Parl. Commissioner for Admin. 3 in Parl. Papers 1972–73 XXVII. 1079, I now lay before Parliament..the full but anonymised texts of..reports on individual cases. 1977Sunday Times 23 Jan. 13/8 What is the point of an outpouring of anonymised findings by these expensive commissioners..when no parties—guilty or innocent—can ever be named? 1987Daily Tel. 5 Feb. 1/1 The possibility of ‘anonymised testing’ of routine blood samples, was disclosed last night by Sir Donald Acheson. 1991Brit. Med. Jrnl. 9 Mar. 596/2, I would personally advocate anonymised applications for training posts. 1992Independent 3 Dec. 1/8 Thousands of results of anonymised screening for HIV in ante-natal and sexual disease clinics.
Hence (as a back-formation) aˈnonymize v. trans. (usu. in pass.).
1975Sunday Express 8 June 6/4, I did not reveal who was responsible for the ‘horrible’ word. I anonymised him, as you (or rather Sir Alan [Marre]) might say. 1991Brit. Med. Jrnl. 1 June 1299/2 Before samples were anonymised, characteristics as recorded routinely in patients' notes were extracted. |