单词 | red-flagging |
释义 | red-flaggingn. The action of signalling with, flying, or marking something with a red flag (in various senses); spec. the action of identifying someone or something as a cause for concern or as warranting special attention (cf. red-flag v. 2). ΚΠ 1888 Boston Advertiser 23 Aug. 1/6 The flood delayed greatly the running of trains… There was a great deal of stopping and whistling and red-flagging until the water began to subside. 1922 Forest & Stream Jan. 26/2 If..[they] would set aside..their political palaver and utterly useless ‘red flagging’ and get busy in the endeavor,..there will be less prejudice..toward the ‘idle rich’. 1955 Washington Post 22 June 28/1 Ty Cobb's article a couple of years ago that modern-day players are a bunch of schmoes; Leo Durocher's ‘Nice Guys Don't Win’ and others of similar red-flagging before the bullish sports fan. 1977 Idaho State Jrnl. 1 Apr. 2 a/3 ‘Red flagging’ would prevent the whole cost of additional generation being passed directly to existing power customers. 2005 J. Price et al. in K. Haynes & M. Thomas Clin. Risk Managem. in Primary Care (2006) xix. 284 It is important to work with ICT system suppliers to ensure that system interfaces are robust and include red-flagging of failed transfer of data. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1888 |
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