单词 | computer phobia |
释义 | computer phobia, n. Brit. |kəmˌpjuːtə ˈfəʊbɪə|, U.S. |kəmˌpjudər ˈfoʊbiə| [‹ computer n. + phobia n.; compare -phobia comb. form.] Fear or mistrust of computer technology; an aversion to using computers, esp. apprehension or reluctance among novice users. Cf. cyberphobia n.
1972N.Y. Times 28 Feb. 47/2 A new obstacle—computer phobia—has reared its head in the path of an ambitious Soviet program of computerizing the economy. 1984Business Rev. Weekly 19 May 98/3 There is a good chance that computerphobia does not exist: that no senior executive has sat sweaty-palmed, beads of perspiration on his forehead, mesmerised in front of the little screen. 1994Computers & Humanities 28 131/1, I learned never to underestimate the degree of computer-phobia students brought to the course. 2005St Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 2 Feb. 8 Myrick is proud to say she has helped many teachers overcome their computer phobias... ‘They were afraid they might break the computer.’ |

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