英语词汇“chronic”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	chronic
释义	chron·ic I. \ˈkränik, -nēk\ adjective Etymology: French chronique, from Latin chronicus, from Greek chronikos of time, from chronos time + -ikos -ic 1. a. : marked by long duration, by frequent recurrence over a long time, and often by slowly progressing seriousness : not acute < chronic indigestion > < her hallucinations became chronic > b. : suffering from a disease or ailment of long duration or frequent recurrence < chronic arthritic > < chronic sufferers from asthma > 2. a. : marked by long continuation or frequent recurrence : always present or encountered : long-lasting : unending; especially : constantly vexing, weakening, or troubling < war between states and civil war within a nation — the chronic state of affairs when Hobbes lived — John Dewey > < the chronic financial predicament of American colleges and universities — Nation > b. : given to steady or frequently repeated behaving or acting : given to being habitually : habitual, accustomed < the chronic amateur of causes — always eager, always profoundly convinced … never quite expert — James Gray > < a chronic grumbler > < a chronic joiner > 3. of a pathologic process : characterized by a slow progressive course of indefinite duration — used especially of degenerative invasive diseases, some infections, psychoses, inflammations, and the carrier state < chronic heat disease > < chronic arthritis > < chronic tuberculosis > < chronic carrier > — compare acute 5a (2) 4. slang Britain : intense, severe, disagreeable < she started howling and carrying on … something chronic — Richard Llewellyn > Synonyms: see inveterate II. noun (-s) : one that suffers from a chronic disease
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