postcode lottery

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˌpəʊs(t)kəʊd ˈlɒtəɹi/|/-ˈlɒtɹi/    美 /ˌpoʊs(t)ˌkoʊd ˈlɑtɚi/|[-ɾɚ-]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The unequal availability or quality of services, especially public services such as healthcare or education, in different parts of the country. UK
    — There is a National Institute for Clinical Excellence which is working its way through examining drugs and treatments and dictating what treatment and drugs should be used across the country to prevent the postcode lottery of previous years.

词形变化

postcode lotteries plural

词源

From postcode (“a sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address to aid the sorting and delivery of post or mail; a region denoted by a postcode”) + lottery (“something decided by chance”), referring to the fact that whether one is in a locality which receives adequate services is a matter of chance.
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