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词汇 phobic
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Definition of phobic in English:

phobic

adjective ˈfəʊbɪkˈfoʊbɪk
  • Having or involving an extreme or irrational fear of or aversion to something.

    she's phobic about spiders
    treatment for phobic anxiety
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Those emails you wrote aren't the kind of thing that comes from someone who's phobic about romance.
    • Parents can help children develop the skills and confidence to overcome fears so that they don't evolve into phobic reactions.
    • He was phobic about migrants from the next-door country.
    • Phobic avoidance may manifest itself, for instance, in a soldier being terrified of his combat uniform.
    • Canada's most phobic generation of parents rules out anything with a stick or a bat.
    • Once this goal is accomplished, patients are encouraged to re-enter phobic situations to help extinguish the avoidance behaviour.
    • The goal of treatment is to help the phobic person function effectively.
    • Sometimes birds can be phobic about the smallest things.
    • The more he avoided it, the more phobic he became about it.
    • I'm almost phobic about zombies.
noun ˈfəʊbɪkˈfoʊbɪk
  • A person with an extreme or irrational fear of or aversion to something.

    a snake phobic
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Then there is the social phobic's nadir, Christmas, to deal with.
    • Any genuine phobics will be praying she topples out of her harness.
    • Slower and generally more expensive, rail travel is now just for phobics and romantics.
    • The only 'problem' here is in the minds of the phobics, and the answer should be to educate them rather than preserve someone else's misery.
    • This is a natural biological mechanism necessary for survival, but it is exaggerated in phobics, and the stimulus is rarely life-threatening.
    • I couldn't exactly run off, phobic that I am.
    • Phobics have acquired a "semantics of freedom," in which their family heroes take risks and travel the globe with their heads held high, while others cower at home.
    • We conducted a series of experiments in which severe phobics received different types of treatments designed to raise their sense of personal efficacy.
    • They tested the memory of spider phobics after the participants were presented with a large spider.
    • I'll accept those accusations, but I'd rather be this way than be a bigoted phobic.

Rhymes

aerobic, agoraphobic, claustrophobic, homophobic, hydrophobic, technophobic, xenophobic

Definition of phobic in US English:

phobic

adjectiveˈfoʊbɪkˈfōbik
  • Having or involving an extreme or irrational fear of or aversion to something.

    she's phobic about spiders
    treatment for phobic anxiety
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The goal of treatment is to help the phobic person function effectively.
    • Phobic avoidance may manifest itself, for instance, in a soldier being terrified of his combat uniform.
    • He was phobic about migrants from the next-door country.
    • Once this goal is accomplished, patients are encouraged to re-enter phobic situations to help extinguish the avoidance behaviour.
    • Parents can help children develop the skills and confidence to overcome fears so that they don't evolve into phobic reactions.
    • Sometimes birds can be phobic about the smallest things.
    • Canada's most phobic generation of parents rules out anything with a stick or a bat.
    • The more he avoided it, the more phobic he became about it.
    • I'm almost phobic about zombies.
    • Those emails you wrote aren't the kind of thing that comes from someone who's phobic about romance.
nounˈfoʊbɪkˈfōbik
  • A person with an extreme or irrational fear of or aversion to something.

    a snake phobic
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Then there is the social phobic's nadir, Christmas, to deal with.
    • I'll accept those accusations, but I'd rather be this way than be a bigoted phobic.
    • Phobics have acquired a "semantics of freedom," in which their family heroes take risks and travel the globe with their heads held high, while others cower at home.
    • We conducted a series of experiments in which severe phobics received different types of treatments designed to raise their sense of personal efficacy.
    • The only 'problem' here is in the minds of the phobics, and the answer should be to educate them rather than preserve someone else's misery.
    • Any genuine phobics will be praying she topples out of her harness.
    • This is a natural biological mechanism necessary for survival, but it is exaggerated in phobics, and the stimulus is rarely life-threatening.
    • They tested the memory of spider phobics after the participants were presented with a large spider.
    • Slower and generally more expensive, rail travel is now just for phobics and romantics.
    • I couldn't exactly run off, phobic that I am.
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