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chronic
英 ['krɒnɪk]美 ['krɑnɪk]
adj. 慢性的；長期的；習慣性的
n. (Chronic)人名；(英)克羅尼克
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中文詞源
chronic 長期的
來自希臘詞khronos, 時間，見Chronos，時間之神，詞源不確定。部分學者認爲Chronos是泰坦主神Cronus的另一面，希臘神話中的Cronus吞噬Zeus等親生子女則象徵着過去對未來的吞噬和抑制。
英語詞源
chronic (adj.)
early 15c., of diseases, "lasting a long time," from Middle French chronique
, from Latin chronicus, from Greek khronikos "of time, concerning time," from khronos "time" (see chrono-). Vague disapproving sense (from 17c.) is from association with diseases and later addictions.權威例句
1. Those who suffer from narcissism become self-absorbed or chronic show-offs.
被自戀症折磨的人會變得只專注於自己的事情，或者不斷地自我炫耀。
2. 10,000 deaths a year from chronic lung disease are attributable to smoking.
吸菸導致每年有1萬人死於慢性肺病。
3. About 4% of the prison population have chronic psychiatric illnesses.
大約4%的犯人有慢性精神疾病。
4. Persistent damage or inadequate healing may lead to chronic lameness.
反覆受傷或治療不當可導致長期跛足。
5. One cause of the artist's suicide seems to have been chronic poverty.
那位藝術家自殺的一個原因似乎是極端貧困。
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