单词 | borderline case |
释义 | > as lemmasborderline case 2. attributive or as adj. Occupying a borderline; esp. in borderline case; spec. (a) verging on the indecent or obscene; (b) verging on insanity. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > slight madness > person touched1625 three-quarter cleft1830 quarter cleft1831 mattoid1891 borderland1894 borderline case1907 wackadoo1979 wackadoodle1991 society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > moral or spiritual impurity > indecency > [noun] > quality of verging on > instance of borderline case1928 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > [adjective] > of indeterminate character neither fish nor flesh (nor good red herring)1528 ambiguous1603 yea-and-nay1648 yea and nayish1777 borderline1937 1907 F. J. Poynton in Edinb. Med. Jrnl. 22 232 There are border-line cases which are well worthy of consideration by those who are interested in this form of arthritis. 1908 Practitioner Aug. 280 The so-called ‘border-line’ cases in which it is doubtful if the entire growth can be taken away. 1913 R. H. Cole Mental Dis. 223 Many come within the range of the so-called ‘Border-line’ cases. 1917 E. F. Ballard Epit. Mental Dis. 10 Therapeutic suggestive conversation with these early or border-line types of disorder is never wasted. 1927 Observer 30 Oct. 7 A highly interesting borderline subject between Law and Economics. 1928 Sunday Express 29 Apr. 3/4 Men are fond of ‘thrillers’. Girls prefer rather shocking ‘border-line’ books. 1928 Daily Tel. 11 May 7 [He] described the cases..as border-line cases, and bound them over under probation for two years. 1937 Mind 46 478 This clear central nucleus is surrounded by a penumbra of borderline cases, such as the credibility of witnesses. 1956 J. E. Floud Social Class iv. 54 To aid the assessment of borderline candidates, a Composition test was administered. 1965 F. G. Cassidy in Bessinger & Creed Medieval & Linguistic Stud. 78 This has left uncertain the status of the ‘borderline cases’. < as lemmas |
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