「柳叶刀」保护中国医生
近日，国际著名期刊《柳叶刀》（The Lancet）发表评论文章，保护中国医生（Protecting Chinese doctors）。
The doctor–patient relationship in China seemed to hit rock bottom when Wen Yang—an emergency physician in Beijing Civil Aviation General Hospital—was fatally stabbed by a patient's son on Dec 24. The killing was condemned by the Chinese Medical Doctor Association and triggered an outpouring of anger among the public. On Dec 28, China's top legislator approved the first fundamental and comprehensive law for protecting health workers, which will take effect on June 1 this year. The law bans any organisation or individual from threatening or harming the personal safety or dignity of health workers. Although laudable, a legal approach alone is unlikely to address adequately this complex problem.
hit rock bottom
rock bottom两个含义，
1）表示“最低点；最低水平”，英文解释为“the lowest possible level”举个🌰：
Prices have reached rock bottom.
物价跌到了最低点。
2）表示“（生活中的）最低点，最不愉快的时刻”，英文解释为“the most unhappy that someone has ever been in their life”举个🌰：
Alcoholics often have to reach/hit rock bottom before they can recognize that they have a problem.
酗酒者往往把生活搞得一塌糊涂后才会意识到自己存在问题。
outpouring
表示“（强烈感情的）迸发，流露；喷涌；涌现”，英文解释为“an expression of strong feeling that is difficult to control；a very large number of things produced at the same time”举个🌰：
His death at the age of 26 has occasioned an outpouring of grief.
他26岁就英年早逝，让人们痛惜不已。
Last year saw an outpouring of cookery books.
去年出版了大量烹饪方面的书。
laudable
表示“（行为）值得赞扬的，值得称赞的”，英文解释为“(of actions and behaviour) deserving praise, even if there is little or no success”，如：a laudable goal/ambition 值得赞扬的目标/雄心，举个🌰：
The recycling programme is laudable, but does it save much money?
这项回收计划值得称道，不过它能节省许多资金吗?
Violence against health professionals is a global concern and affects health workers in nearly all health-care settings. However, the scale, frequency, and viciousness of attacks on medical workers in China are particularly severe. Reasons for violence against health workers in China are many, including an inadequate primary health-care system and poor doctor–patient communication. Attemps to fix a deteriorating situation, such as increased security measures, have had little impact.
viciousness
表示“邪恶；恶意”，英文解释为“the quality or fact of being cruel and showing an intention to hurt or upset someone；the quality or fact of being violent and causing great pain”。
deteriorate
作动词，表示“恶化”，英文解释为“If something deteriorates, it becomes worse in some way.”举个🌰：
She was taken into hospital last week when her condition suddenly deteriorated.
她是在上周病情突然恶化时被送进医院的。
The Lancet has long supported Chinese health workers and health-care system reform, and we plan to work with Chinese partners further in 2020. Highlights will include a review on improving the quality of primary health-care in China, the second Wakley-Wu Lien Teh prize, which will give a voice to Chinese physicians to share their stories, and a China-themed issue to showcase high quality research to improve clinical practice and health polices in the country.
Violence against health workers in China will not be halted through law enforcement and punitive measures alone; a cultural shift is required, and this will take time. Health-care professionals need to be trusted and respected. The best way to enchance trust is to create an effective health system that is credible and respected also.
punitive
punitive /ˈpjuːnɪtɪv/ 表示“惩罚性的”，英文解释为“intended as a punishment”，如：punitive action 惩罚措施。
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