记忆方法
将“chronic”分解为“chron-”和“-ic”。想象一个钟表（chron-）“一直”运行不停止（-ic），代表一种长期、持续的状态或问题。这样可以帮助记住“chronic”表示慢性、长期的含义。
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中文词源
chronic 长期的
来自希腊词khronos, 时间，见Chronos，时间之神，词源不确定。部分学者认为Chronos是泰坦主神Cronus的另一面，希腊神话中的Cronus吞噬Zeus等亲生子女则象征着过去对未来的吞噬和抑制。
英语词源
- 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.
权威例句
- 1. Those who suffer from narcissism become self-absorbed or chronic show-offs.
- 被自恋症折磨的人会变得只专注于自己的事情，或者不断地自我炫耀。
- 2. 10,000 deaths a year from chronic lung disease are attributable to smoking.
- 吸烟导致每年有1万人死于慢性肺病。
- 3. About 4% of the prison population have chronic psychiatric illnesses.
- 大约4%的犯人有慢性精神疾病。
- 4. Persistent damage or inadequate healing may lead to chronic lameness.
- 反复受伤或治疗不当可导致长期跛足。
- 5. One cause of the artist's suicide seems to have been chronic poverty.
- 那位艺术家自杀的一个原因似乎是极端贫困。