解释
- n. 工作恐怖；对工作之厌恶
※ 提供单词"ergophobia"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。
中文词源
ergophobia 工作恐惧症
erg-, 工作，工效。-phobia, 恐惧，词源同claustrophobia.
英文词源
- ergophobia (n.)
- "fear of work," 1905, coined by British medical man Dr. William Dunnett Spanton, from comb. form of Greek ergos "work" (see organ) + -phobia "fear."
Mr. W.D. Spanton (Leeds) considered that the most prominent causes of physical degeneration were--efforts to rear premature and diseased infants, absurd educational high pressure, cigarette smoking in the younger generation, and late hours at night; in fact, the love of pleasure and ergophobia in all classes of society. He considered that there was too much cheap philanthropy, that life was made too easy for the young poor, and that by modern educational methods proper parental discipline was rendered almost impossible. [report on the 73rd annual meeting of the British Medical Association, "Nature," Aug. 3, 1905]