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单词 workaholic
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workaholic

(wɜːkəhɒlɪk, US -hɔːl-)
Word forms: plural workaholics
countable noun
A workaholic is a person who works most of the time and finds it difficult to stop working in order to do other things.
[informal]

workaholic in British English

(ˌwɜːkəˈhɒlɪk)
noun
a. 
a person obsessively addicted to work
b. 
(as modifier)
workaholic behaviour
Word origin
C20: from work + -holic, coined in 1971 by Wayne Oates, US author

workaholic in American English

(ˌwɜrkəˈhɔlɪk; ˌwɜrkəˈhɑlɪk)
US
noun
a person having a compulsive need to work
Derived forms
workaholism (ˈworkaˌholˌism)
noun
Word origin
work + -aholic

Examples of 'workaholic' in a sentence
workaholic

But surprisingly little is said about workaholic fathers making themselves scarce at the office.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)

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workaholic

British English: workaholic NOUN
A workaholic is a person who works most of the time and finds it difficult to stop working in order to do other things.
Eighteen percent of 30-year-olds claim they are workaholics.
  • American English: workaholic
  • Brazilian Portuguese: viciado em trabalho
  • Chinese: 工作狂
  • European Spanish: adicto al trabajo
  • French: bourreau de travailN
  • German: Arbeitstier
  • Italian: stacanovista
  • Japanese: 仕事の虫
  • Korean: 일 중독자
  • European Portuguese: viciado em trabalho
  • Latin American Spanish: adicto al trabajo
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