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小词详解 | chronic
chronic 英 [ˈkrɒnɪk] 美 [ˈkrɑːnɪk]
India has two main drags on economic growth. One is the difficulty of finding a job, especially in the places people live. The other is a chronic shortage of cheap housing.
印度的经济增长受两大因素拖累。一是找工作很困难,尤其是在本乡本土。二是廉价住房长期短缺。
——《经济学人》And the older a person is, the more likely he or she is to have multiple chronic illnesses.
一个人年龄越大,他/她就越有可能患上多种慢性疾病。
——《纽约时报》
[形容词] (指疾病)持续很长时间或不断复发
慢性支气管炎
chronic bronchitis慢性关节炎
chronic arthritis慢性哮喘
chronic asthma
长期病号
a chronic invalid老是发牢骚者
a chronic grumbler老酒鬼/老烟民
a chronic drunkard/smoker
短期内迅速治愈英国经济顽症的灵丹妙药并不存在。
There is no easy short-term solution to Britain's chronic economic malaise.
这部电影简直糟透了。
The film was just chronic.
Being a levelheaded individual who could give points to not a few in point of shrewd observation, he also remarked on his very dilapidated hat and slouchy wearing apparel generally, testifying to a chronic impecuniosity.
布卢姆先生是个头脑冷静的人,观察敏锐,轻易不落人后。从破旧的帽子和浑身上下的衣着邋遢,他看穿了那是个患慢性缺钱症的人。
persistent: continuing to exist or endure over a prolonged period perennial: lasting or existing for a long or apparently infinite time; enduring or continually recurring incessant: (of something regarded as unpleasant) continuing without pause or interruption.