neu·ro·sis
noun/njʊəˈrəʊsɪs/
/nʊˈrəʊsɪs/
[countable, uncountable] (plural neuroses
/njʊəˈrəʊsiːz/
/nʊˈrəʊsiːz/
)- (psychology) a mental health condition in which a person has strong feelings of fear or worry
一个人有强烈的恐惧或担忧感的心理健康状况 - She was a psychoanalyst who developed her own theory of neurosis.
她是一位精神分析师，发展了自己的神经症理论。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- anxiety
- have
- suffer
- suffer from
- …
- neurosis about
- She was a psychoanalyst who developed her own theory of neurosis.
- 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。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- anxiety
- have
- suffer
- suffer from
- …
- neurosis about
- the director's neurosis about actors arriving late for filming
Word Originmid 18th cent.: modern Latin, from neuro- ‘of nerves’ + -osis.