chronic
a. 慢性的, 习惯性的 n. 慢性病患者
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教材释义与例句
慢性的；长期的；习惯性的
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Marijuana, typically of high quality.
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A condition of extended duration, either continuous or marked by frequent recurrence. Sometimes implies a condition which worsens with each recurrence, though that is not inherent in the term.
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A person who is chronic, such as a criminal reoffender or a person with chronic disease.
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Of a problem, that continues over an extended period of time.
chronic unemployment; chronic poverty; chronic anger; chronic life
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Prolonged or slow to heal.
慢性
医学chronic cough; chronic headache; chronic illness
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Of a person, suffering from an affliction that is prolonged or slow to heal.
Chronic patients must learn to live with their condition.
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Inveterate or habitual.
He's a chronic smoker.
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Very bad, awful.
俚语That concert was chronic.
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Extremely serious.
非正式They left him in a chronic condition.
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Good, great; "wicked".
俚语That was cool, chronic in fact.
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From chronical, from Old French cronike, from Latin chronicus, from Ancient Greek χρονικός (khronikós, “of time”), from χρόνος (khrónos, “time”). By surface analysis, chron- + -ic.
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