"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.
雙語例句
1. He is having therapy to conquer his phobia.
他在接受治療以克服自己的恐懼癥。
來自柯林斯例句
2. He has a phobia about flying.
他對飛行有恐懼癥。
來自《權威詞典》
3. She has a phobia about water and can't swim.
她怕水,所以不會游泳.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. The phobia may have its root in a childhood trauma.
恐懼癥可能源于童年時期的創傷.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
5. This phobia can cause untold misery for the sufferer.