captain ahab's focus narrowing

language: ko

definitions

  1. A state of intense, monomaniacal obsession where an individual becomes so preoccupied with a single goal or object that they lose perspective and ignore all other concerns; a metaphor derived from the character Captain Ahab in Herman Melville's 'Moby-Dick'.
    ko: 단일 목표에 대한 집착

examples

  1. The scientist's research became a case of captain Ahab's focus narrowing, as he ignored all ethical implications for the sake of his discovery.

    그 과학자의 연구는 발견을 위해 모든 윤리적 영향을 무시하는 아합 선장과 같은 집착이 되었다.