ergophobia 的词源

“工作恐惧症”，1905年，由英国医生威廉·邓内特·斯潘顿博士创造，源自希腊语 ergon 意为“工作”（来自原始印欧语词根 *werg-，意为“做”）+ -phobia 意为“恐惧”。

Mr. W.D. Spanton (Leeds) considered that the most prominent causes of physical degeneration were—efforts to rear premature and diseased infants, absurd educational high pressure, cigarette smoking in the younger generation, and late hours at night; in fact, the love of pleasure and ergophobia in all classes of society. He considered that there was too much cheap philanthropy, that life was made too easy for the young poor, and that by modern educational methods proper parental discipline was rendered almost impossible. [report on the 73rd annual meeting of the British Medical Association, in Nature, Aug. 3, 1905]

威廉·邓内特·斯潘顿先生（利兹）认为，身体退化的主要原因有：努力抚养早产和患病的婴儿、荒谬的教育高压、年轻一代的吸烟以及熬夜；实际上，社会各阶层对享乐的追求和工作恐惧症都是重要因素。他认为，社会上存在过多的廉价慈善，生活对年轻贫困者过于宽松，而现代教育方法几乎使得适当的家庭教育变得不可能。[摘自《自然》杂志，1905年8月3日，第73届英国医学协会年会报告]