phobia 的定义
- an intense, persistent, irrational fear of a specific object, activity, situation, or person that manifests in physical symptoms such as sweating, trembling, rapid heartbeat, or shortness of breath, and that motivates avoidance behavior.
- an aversion toward, dislike of, or disrespect for a thing, idea, person, or group.
phobia 近义词
fear
更多phobia例句
- That’s higher than depression, higher than phobia, higher than panic attacks and alcoholism.
- In some cases, exposure therapy—in which phobia sufferers willingly and gradually increase their exposure to their trigger—can work, too.
- Friends and family can also help loved ones cope with needle phobia, McMurtry says.
- No one likes needles, though some patients have true phobias that may dissuade them from getting vaccines at all.
- Reading has also been shown to alleviate common mental health problems such as anxiety, depression, phobias and eating disorders.
- The idea of “research” settings in our popular culture tap into this phobia.
- Contemporary society has gifted us with a phobia potentially as strong as acrophobia or the fear of flying: smartphone anxiety.
- The guy who took the cake suffered from a Vagina Dentata phobia, with attendant castration anxiety.
- So there you have it: another outbreak fueled by irrational vaccine phobia.
- He discusses his strange phobia, what makes him cry, and what he and Gore Vidal have in common.
- Maybe he had forced himself to go with her and the power of his lifelong phobia had wiped it from his memory.
- No matter how much overlay you pile on top of such a phobia to suppress it, it will continue to haunt you.
- Unless the fear of sleeplessness becomes a full grown phobia, no anxiety need be felt.
- Nervous breakdowns are increasing as a result of the American worry phobia.
- Anton Varcek won't be interested, one way or another; he has what amounts to a pathological phobia about firearms of any sort.