| 释义 |
workaholic colloq. (orig. U.S.).|ˈwɜːkəhɒlɪk|
[f. work n., after alcoholic.]
One who is addicted to work, or who voluntarily works excessively hard and unusually long hours. Also attrib. or as adj.
1968W. E. Oates in Pastoral Psychology Oct. 16 (heading) On being a ‘workaholic’. 1971― (title) Confessions of a workaholic. 1973Bulletin (Sydney) 25 Aug. 45/2 The workaholic, as an addict is called, neglects his family, withdraws from social life, and loses interest in sex. 1974Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 17 July 18/8 Often the workaholic boss threatens the health and welfare of those unfortunate enough to work for him. 1976S. Wales Echo 27 Nov. 6/9 At all costs you should avoid becoming a ‘Workaholic’... You should leave your work behind with the office. 1981Time 13 May 67/3 Unlike their workaholic American cousins Europeans tend to see lengthy vacations as somehow part of the natural order of things. 1984Guardian 22 Oct. 11/4 They're concerned about the pressures of their jobs, which demand that they become workaholics.
Hence ˈworkaholism, the condition of being a workaholic.
1968W. E. Oates in Pastoral Psychol. Oct. 16/2, I have dubbed this addiction of myself and my fellow ministers as ‘workaholism’. 1971― Confessions of a Workaholic i. 1 Workaholism is a word which I have invented... It means addiction to work, the compulsion or the uncontrollable need to work incessantly. 1981Farmstead Mag. Winter 23/2 For them it requires no effort of will to go off energy-saving appliances,..leave off gluttony on home-grown foods or security schemes, give up workaholism. 1983Sunday Tel. (Colour Suppl.) 20 Feb. 14/4 We talked about..workaholism, autobiography and Isaac Asimov. |