• n. 恐怖，憎惡；恐懼癥

來(lái)自希臘語(yǔ)phobos,恐懼，恐慌，來(lái)自PIE*bhegw,飛走，逃跑，詞源fugitive.在古希臘語(yǔ)時(shí)期該詞還有另一個(gè)詞義飛行，飛翔，其詞義演變可能是飛一般的速度，飛離，逃離，恐慌。

phobia (n.)

"irrational fear, horror, aversion," 1786, perhaps on model of similar use in French, abstracted from compounds in -phobia, from Greek -phobia, from phobos "fear, panic fear, terror, outward show of fear; object of fear or terror," originally "flight" (still the only sense in Homer), but it became the common word for "fear" via the notion of "panic, fright" (compare phobein "put to flight, frighten"), from PIE root *bhegw- "to run" (cognates: Lithuanian begu "to flee;" Old Church Slavonic begu "flight," bezati "to flee, run;" Old Norse bekkr "a stream"). Psychological sense attested by 1895.

1. He is having therapy to conquer his phobia.

他在接受治療以克服自己的恐懼癥。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

2. He has a phobia about flying.

他對(duì)飛行有恐懼癥。

來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》

3. She has a phobia about water and can't swim.

她怕水,所以不會(huì)游泳.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

4. The phobia may have its root in a childhood trauma.

恐懼癥可能源于童年時(shí)期的創(chuàng)傷.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

5. This phobia can cause untold misery for the sufferer.

這種恐懼能給患者造成極度的痛苦.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》