what does "a measure of utility as much as addiction" mean Other worries, such as dependency—smartphone users exhibit “nomophobia” when they happen to find themselves empty-handed are a measure of uti

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what does "a measure of utility as much as addiction" mean Other worries, such as dependency—smartphone users exhibit “nomophobia” when they happen to find themselves empty-handed are a measure of utility as much as addiction. After all, people also hate to be without their wheels or their watch.

2015年3月4日 12:06

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"a measure of utility as much as addiction" The expression 'a measure of' means how much this tells you about the significance of a certain factor. The phrase means that the phenomenon of 'nomophobia' is much an indicator of how useful smartphones are as it is an indicator of how addictive they are.

2015年3月4日