Definition of shroud-waving in English:

shroud-waving

noun

mass nounBritish informal

(especially in the context of health-care funding) the practice of focusing on the potentially negative effects of a particular policy in order to influence public opinion.
he accused Labour councils of shroud-waving over spending cuts
as modifier the government's shroud-waving critics
Example sentencesExamples
- But at least, they assume, the reward will be a grateful NHS with no trouble from shroud-waving nurses and doctors.
- Maybe we grew too ready to ignore the shroud-waving politicians and doom-mongering police chiefs.
- "This is not shroud-waving," he pointed out.
- The years that followed were sour with complaints of underfunded public services, shroud-waving health providers and food banks.
- Yet he was not above his own shroud-waving, warning that any cut in his budget would be "exploited".
- If they could be destroyed in days or weeks and the hungry fed, I would plead guilty to every charge of alarmism and shroud-waving.
- Many decent doctors blench at the crude and dishonest shroud-waving carried out in their name.
- Until then, the danger is not Tory shroud-waving or Lib Dem posturing but Labour doubt.
- So the member should stop ambulance-chasing and shroud-waving, because that is all it is.
- He looks a bit like one of those people off the old shroud-waving kinds of American crime shows, chasing one little ambulance after another.
- He was clearly thinking that he would rather deal with factory closures than the ambulance chasing and shroud-waving which characterises most political debate and media coverage of Health in this country.
- But the NHS already has its bid in, with shroud-waving warnings of future black holes catching BBC headlines last week.
- One hesitates to do the shroud-waving argument, but we survive because we haven't had any big outbreaks.
- Privatisation contracts are already being refinanced and sold in the market, leaving hospital owners with no long-term responsibility for care and managers "shroud-waving" at ministers for extra money.

单词	shroud-waving
释义	Definition of shroud-waving in English: shroud-waving noun mass nounBritish informal (especially in the context of health-care funding) the practice of focusing on the potentially negative effects of a particular policy in order to influence public opinion. he accused Labour councils of shroud-waving over spending cuts as modifier the government's shroud-waving critics Example sentencesExamples But at least, they assume, the reward will be a grateful NHS with no trouble from shroud-waving nurses and doctors. Maybe we grew too ready to ignore the shroud-waving politicians and doom-mongering police chiefs. "This is not shroud-waving," he pointed out. The years that followed were sour with complaints of underfunded public services, shroud-waving health providers and food banks. Yet he was not above his own shroud-waving, warning that any cut in his budget would be "exploited". If they could be destroyed in days or weeks and the hungry fed, I would plead guilty to every charge of alarmism and shroud-waving. Many decent doctors blench at the crude and dishonest shroud-waving carried out in their name. Until then, the danger is not Tory shroud-waving or Lib Dem posturing but Labour doubt. So the member should stop ambulance-chasing and shroud-waving, because that is all it is. He looks a bit like one of those people off the old shroud-waving kinds of American crime shows, chasing one little ambulance after another. He was clearly thinking that he would rather deal with factory closures than the ambulance chasing and shroud-waving which characterises most political debate and media coverage of Health in this country. But the NHS already has its bid in, with shroud-waving warnings of future black holes catching BBC headlines last week. One hesitates to do the shroud-waving argument, but we survive because we haven't had any big outbreaks. Privatisation contracts are already being refinanced and sold in the market, leaving hospital owners with no long-term responsibility for care and managers "shroud-waving" at ministers for extra money.
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