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单词

chronically

读音
ˈkrɑːnɪkli
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词根

Chronically的词根是"chron-”来自于希腊语"khronos",意思是“时间”,也可以在单词如"chronicle"(历史记录),"chronometer"(精密计时器)中看到。

释义

adv. 长期地;慢性地;习惯性地

例句

Most of them were chronically ill.
他们中大部分人都有慢性病。
It is required by law to shut down banks which it regards as chronically short of capital.
法律规定要关闭资金长期短缺的银行。
Chronically high levels of these hormones have been linked to heart disease.
这些激素长期保持高水平与心脏病有关。

强化记忆

关于记忆,“chronically”可以想象成“chronic”(慢性的,长久的)和“-ly”(副词后缀)的结合。你可以联想到这个词来帮助记忆,例如当你在听到关于长期的,反复出现的事物时,你可能就会想到"chronically"。这个词来源于14世纪的拉丁语,原意是“持续时间长”的概念。在医学上它被用来描述长期的或经常发生的疾病状况。

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In our country, there are groups of studentswho chronically underperform,for example, children in inner cities,
he had nothing of value there -- not even food in his fridge.He's chronically hungry.He had nothing of value in his apartment except a small piece of cardboard
I was stressed.I was chronically ill,and I was questioning my larger purpose in the world.
in the police department in general.They were chronically understaffed,and they had other resource issues.
In Los Angeles,we housed 4,700 chronically homeless personssuffering from medical illness, mental illness, addiction.
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