workaholic
工作狂
definition
noun
Until he met Francesca he was a workaholic who enjoyed playing hard.
a person who compulsively works hard and long hours.
example
He is a 'workaholic' who puts in 14 to 15 hours a day and has a meticulous eye for detail.
Until he met Francesca he was a 'workaholic' who enjoyed playing hard.
I was a 'workaholic' , to be honest, and I'd spent 23 years working all over the country and basically living in a caravan.
A compulsive 'workaholic' and an absentee publisher, he has tried a number of different tactics to revive the papers.
He's a 'workaholic' , and hard work is one of the key things in management.
In his twenties, however, he became a bit of a 'workaholic' , working 12 to 15 hour days and doing no exercise.
As a confessed 'workaholic' , who packs in 14 hour days, seven days a week, a social life comes low in her priorities.
But rather than planning to create a future generation of 'workaholics' , Dr Richmond said the new research could be used to study mental illness.
While processed dishes are becoming a major staple for the generation of non-traditional, Westernized, free-spending 'workaholics' , the older folk are not so easily swayed.
It's not a bad thing if fashionable 'workaholism' is replaced by a more balanced attitude among those who can afford it.
Either they think my parents force me to study, or pass me off as one of those compulsive 'workaholics' - you know - the aggressive people who really take the philosophy that if you don't work to get ahead you fall behind.
I think I was spiralling into obsessive 'workaholism' which is not healthy.
I think you are looking at two 'workaholics' .
Alcoholic children have a tendency to be 'workaholics' .
Making family a top priority means standing increasingly against a culture where materialism and 'workaholism' are rampant.
In a nation of multitasking 'workaholics' , insomnia strikes 127 million adults.
In a profession that's notorious for breeding 'workaholics' , burnout is always a threat.
However, many people do this out of habit, or to give off the impression that they are such 'workaholics' that they never have time for a real meal.
She and her husband were 'workaholics' - for her, four hours’ sleep a night was always more than adequate.
Working too much takes its toll on people's health and relationships, yet most 'workaholics' are hailed as heroes, or at least model employees.
Perhaps I should not admit such things now that one of my bosses reads these tales, but I've decided that birding keeps me from 'workaholism' .
For starters, poor timing couldn't stop the three biggest 'workaholics' in Hollywood from pumping out back-to-back releases.
Like all 'workaholics' , I struggle with innate laziness.
But what is clear is that 'workaholism' is just wrong.
Someday, all of us will have to become 'workaholics' , happy or not, just to get by.
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