| 单词 | chronic |
| 释义 | chronic (once / 843 pages) adj If you smoke a cigarette once, you've simply made a bad choice. But if you're a chronic smoker, you've been smoking for a long time and will have a hard time stopping. The word chronic is used to describe things that occur over a long period of time and, in fact, comes from the Greek word for time, khronos. If you have chronic asthma, it is a recurring health issue for you. No one likes a chronic liar! A problem that cannot be solved can also be called chronic - think of the chronic food shortages in certain parts of the world. WORD FAMILYchronic: chronically USAGE EXAMPLESIn the streets below, ordinary citizens wrestle with 41% inflation and chronic shortages of staples such as sugar, cooking oil and medicine. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) A: Psoriasis is a chronic condition in which the immune system attacks the skin and leads to rapid skin-cell turnover. Seattle Times(Jan 01, 2017) “For most patients,” said Dukakis’ psychiatrist, Dr. Charles Welch, “depression is a chronic and recurring illness that requires good lifetime management.” Seattle Times(Dec 31, 2016) 1adj being long-lasting and recurrent or characterized by long suffering chronic indigestion a chronic shortage of funds a chronic invalid Syn|Ant degenerative (of illness) marked by gradual deterioration of organs and cells along with loss of function acute having or experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe course subacuteless than acute; relating to a disease present in a person with no symptoms of it 2adj of long duration chronic money problems Syn continuing long primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified 3adj habitual a chronic smoker Syn inveterate usual occurring or encountered or experienced or observed frequently or in accordance with regular practice or procedure |
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