"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.
实用例句
1. He is having therapy to conquer his phobia.
他在接受治疗以克服自己的恐惧症。
来自柯林斯例句
2. He has a phobia about flying.
他对飞行有恐惧症。
来自《权威词典》
3. She has a phobia about water and can't swim.
她怕水,所以不会游泳.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. The phobia may have its root in a childhood trauma.
恐惧症可能源于童年时期的创伤.
来自《简明英汉词典》
5. This phobia can cause untold misery for the sufferer.
