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neurosis

noun
🔊/njʊəˈrəʊsɪs/
🔊/nʊˈrəʊsɪs/
 [countable, uncountable]
(plural neuroses
🔊/njʊəˈrəʊsiːz/
🔊/nʊˈrəʊsiːz/
)
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  1. (medical医学) a mental illness in which a person suffers strong feelings of fear and worry神经症；神经官能症
    • Those of anxious temperament are more likely to develop anxiety neurosis.性情焦虑的人更易患焦虑性神经症。
    Topics Illnessc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • anxiety
    verb + neurosis
    • have
    • suffer
    • suffer from
    • …
    preposition
    • neurosis about
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  2. any strong fear or worry过分的恐惧（或焦虑）
    • the director's neurosis about actors arriving late for filming导演对演员拍片迟到的神经紧张
    • This obsession with time is a modern neurosis and one we all have to live with.过分关注时间是一种现代人的焦虑，我们大家不得不忍受。
    synonym anxietyTopics Feelingsc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • anxiety
    verb + neurosis
    • have
    • suffer
    • suffer from
    • …
    preposition
    • neurosis about
    See full entry
    3. Word Originmid 18th cent.: modern Latin, from neuro- ‘of nerves’ + -osis.