phobia
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++pho·bi·a /ˈfəʊbiə $ ˈfoʊ-/ noun [countable, uncountable] MPFRIGHTENEDa strong unreasonable fear of something 恐惧（症）phobia about Owen has a phobia about snakes. 欧文很怕蛇。 Some children suffer from school phobia. 有些儿童对上学有恐惧症。► see thesaurus at fear —phobic adjective
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phobia• Individuals with specific fears and phobias can learn to become unafraid.• It took Shapiro just three months to overcome 25 years of bridge phobia.• What is the cause of cat phobia?• Patients with depression, phobia, and obsessions were helped the most, patients with schizophrenia not as reliably.• He had provided a father-confessor figure to absolve the youngster's sins and absorb his phobias.• It shows itself in powerful emotions that surprise us, in the richness of dream images, and in phobias and prejudices.• But just as with other phobias, one of the best therapies is to just go ahead and do it.• Some people's phobia about cancer is so extreme that they can not bring themselves to think about it seriously.phobia about• I have a real phobia about going to places where I don't know anyone.-phobia /fəʊbiə $ foʊ-/ suffix [in nouns] 1 technicalMPFRIGHTENED a strong unreasonable dislike or fear of something, which may be part of a mental illness 〔不正常的〕憎恶，恐惧 claustrophobia (=fear of being in a small enclosed space) 幽闭恐惧（症） aquaphobia (=fear of water) 畏水（症）2 HATEa dislike or hatred of something 憎恶，仇视 Anglophobia (=a dislike of English or British things) 仇英Examples from the Corpus
-phobia• homophobiaOrigin phobia (1700-1800) Modern Latin Late Latin -phobia, from Greek, from phobos “fear” -phobia Late Latin → PHOBIApho·bi·a noun-phobia suffixChineseSyllable
Corpus strong fear a something of unreasonable
phobia
pho‧bi‧a /ˈfəʊbiə $ ˈfoʊ-/
noun [uncountable and countable]
phobia about
Owen has a phobia about snakes.
Some children suffer from school phobia.
—phobic adjective
▪ fear a feeling of being frightened: He was trembling with fear. | Fear of failure should not stop you trying.
▪terror a feeling of great fear, because you think that something terrible is about to happen: She let out a scream of pure terror.
▪fright a sudden feeling of fear, or a situation that makes you feel this: My body was shaking with fright. | You gave me a fright! | He’s had a bit of fright, that’s all.
▪panic a sudden feeling of fear or nervousness that makes you unable to think clearly or behave sensibly: She was in such a panic that she hardly knew what she was doing! | There were scenes of sheer panic immediately following the bomb blast.
▪alarm a feeling of fear or worry which shows in your voice or behaviour, because you think something bad might happen: When I mentioned her name, he looked up at me in alarm. | The streets were calm and there was no sign of alarm.
▪foreboding /fɔːˈbəʊdɪŋ $ fɔːrˈboʊ-/ a feeling that something bad or unpleasant might happen although there is no obvious reason why it should: She felt the same sense of foreboding she had before her father died.
▪phobia /ˈfəʊbiə $ ˈfoʊ-/ a permanent strong unreasonable fear of something: I had a phobia about going to the dentist.
pho‧bi‧a /ˈfəʊbiə $ ˈfoʊ-/
noun [uncountable and countable] Date: 1700-1800
Language: Modern Latin
Origin: Late Latin -phobia, from Greek, from phobos 'fear'
a strong unreasonable fear of somethingLanguage: Modern Latin
Origin: Late Latin -phobia, from Greek, from phobos 'fear'
phobia about
—phobic adjective
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