| 单词 |
phobic |
| 释义 |
phobic, a. and n.|ˈfəʊbɪk|
[f. phobia + -ic.]
A. adj. Pertaining to, or characterized by a phobia.
B. n. A person suffering from a phobia.
1897tr. T. Ribot's Psychol. of Emotions ii. ii. 215 For ‘phobic’ subjects it is (at least potentially) a permanent state, ready to arise when suggested by some association. 1930Brit. Jrnl. Med. Psychol. X. 46 (heading) A phobic case. Ibid. 66 Recall and reunion may simply give the phobic mechanism a chance to dominate the normal system. 1964Gould & Kolb Dict. Social Sci. 466/2 Hysteria, obsession-compulsion, and phobic reactions..tend to restrict the scope of the neurotic's behaviour. 1968N.Y. Rev. Bks. 29 Feb. 32/4 She has small regard for the population of South Vietnam which she sees as an unpleasant amalgam of cynical self-seekers, stooges, and phobics (i.e., people who fear Communism). 1970Daily Tel. (Colour Suppl.) 4 Sept. 11/4, I..learned that phobics all over the country were undergoing such unlikely cures as yoga, hypnosis, acupuncture and shock treatment. Ibid. 12/2 ‘Desensitisation’ thus involves a simple-sounding cure: the phobic patient is taught right habits again. 1976J. Payne All in Mind 47/1 A bird phobic would initially be talked to by therapist about phobia, then about birds, then (with a relaxing injection if necessary) pictures of birds would be introduced... It is a very gradual process by which the phobic is helped to overcome the object of irrational fear. |
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