1968, coined from work (n.) with second element abstracted absurdly from alcoholic. This sets up the old Rodney Dangerfield joke: "My old man was a workaholic: every time he thought about work, he got drunk."
权威例句
1. He was by his own account an ambitious workaholic.
据他自己所言,他是个雄心勃勃的工作狂。
2. She is a self-confessed workaholic.
她自认是一个工作狂。
3. He seems as though he has turned into a real workaholic.
Workaholic,那是什么意思?是不是Bob生病了?
4. I'm really worried about Bob. He seems as though he has turned into a real workaholic.