| 释义 |
leprophil|ˈlɛprəʊfɪl|
[f. leprosy + -phil.]
One who is attracted to sufferers from leprosy. So leproˈphilia [Gr. ϕιλία affection], such an attraction.
1959G. Greene Congo Jrnl. in In Search of a Character (1961) 24 Should one class Father Damien among the leprophils? 1961― Burnt-Out Case i. ii. 19 You know very well that leprophils exist... Schweitzer seems to attract them. They would rather wash the feet with their hair like the woman in the gospel than clean them with something more antiseptic. 1963P. West Mod. Novel ii. i. 97 Leprophilia is the extremist answer. 1964P. Feeny Fight against Leprosy ix. 90 The most serious charge..is that he was a ‘leprophil’, that is, that he fell in love with leprosy... This disease does hold an inverted glamour for a handful of people. Ibid. 91 He [sc. Damien] rushed into his work on Molokai like a back-row forward rushing into a scrum. He saw suffering and ran to alleviate it... Leprophilia does not enter into it. |