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单词 chronically
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Definition of chronically in English:

chronically

adverb ˈkrɒnɪk(ə)liˈkrɑnɪkli
  • 1usually as submodifier (in relation to illness) in a persistent and recurring way.

    families dealing with a chronically ill child
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He is in stable condition after throat surgery and a battle to halt the spread of an inflammation in his chronically ill lungs.
    • We already face the argument of the withdrawal of medical support to the chronically handicapped and the aged.
    • He was diagnosed by Lacan as chronically and incurably insane.
    • I'm optimistic that I can retrain my chronically contracted muscles and be able to work, run, and have freedom of movement.
    • They observed chronically infected individuals untreated with anti-retrovirals.
    • Patients with idiopathic central sleep apnea will hyperventilate chronically, both awake and asleep.
    • Chronically impaired production of vasodilators affects vascular tone.
    • There were mounting medical bills for his wife, who was chronically sick.
    • Blood pressure can notoriously come on and present itself when persons have strokes or heart attacks as a result of a chronically raised pressure.
    • It's important to know which conditions can mimic psychotic illness but should be treated differently, both acutely and chronically.
    1. 1.1 In a long-lasting or habitual and problematic way.
      the office is chronically understaffed
      a mission to create jobs for the chronically unemployed
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Evidence suggests that youth who are chronically exposed to community violence can become desensitized to its effects.
      • Her work drew upon her own stifling upbringing and unhappy marriage to a chronically unfaithful husband.
      • These chronically bullied children represent an important target group for empirical inquiry and clinical intervention.
      • A divided union movement created chronically unstable labor relations, to which ship owners responded by making generous concessions.
      • Community development forums have emerged as a potentially more effective alternative to chronically disappointing government-directed efforts to foster growth.
      • The law enables companies with chronically underfunded plans to receive an implicit subsidy from companies with sound plans.
      • Treaty obligations that restrain capitalist development are chronically ignored.
      • Broad swathes of the country's industrial heartland are now chronically short of electricity.
      • Some were almost chronically dissatisfied with themselves—however, this was not a sign of personal ambition for fame.
      • We continue to observe pockets of defaults in either chronically or newly ailing industrial sectors.
    2. 1.2British informal To a very great extent; extremely.
      chronically stupid drivers
      she was chronically indecisive
      Example sentencesExamples
      • One application has been the teaching of good spelling to adults with a long history of being chronically poor spellers.
      • On March 18, the Allies suffered a chronically embarrassing naval disaster.
      • Most of these "Pulp Fiction" retreads are made by chronically uncool asshats who want to make up for all the wedgies they got in high school.
      • Don't fall into the trap of blindly defending the budget simply because left-wingers are chronically idiotic about this.
      • Being chronically food-aware has warped us to a greater or lesser extent (can anyone have a totally guilt-free helping of tiramisu?).
      • Of all the women, the most interesting is the chronically grouchy Cristina, "an aggressive little witch," as one patient calls her.
      • He considers these people the "chronically clueless"—so uniquely stupid, in fact, that science may benefit by studying their brains.
      • When she gives the chronically spacey Shaun the boot, he indulges in a booze fest at the local pub with his best friend.
      • All of the villagers are chronically dim-witted, including the girl he falls in love with.
      • The main storylines follow his turbulent, and pathetic, attempts to escape from his chronically insipid persona.

Definition of chronically in US English:

chronically

adverbˈkrɑnɪkliˈkräniklē
  • 1usually as submodifier (in relation to illness) in a persistent and recurring way.

    families dealing with a chronically ill child
    Example sentencesExamples
    • They observed chronically infected individuals untreated with anti-retrovirals.
    • Patients with idiopathic central sleep apnea will hyperventilate chronically, both awake and asleep.
    • He is in stable condition after throat surgery and a battle to halt the spread of an inflammation in his chronically ill lungs.
    • I'm optimistic that I can retrain my chronically contracted muscles and be able to work, run, and have freedom of movement.
    • It's important to know which conditions can mimic psychotic illness but should be treated differently, both acutely and chronically.
    • Chronically impaired production of vasodilators affects vascular tone.
    • We already face the argument of the withdrawal of medical support to the chronically handicapped and the aged.
    • He was diagnosed by Lacan as chronically and incurably insane.
    • Blood pressure can notoriously come on and present itself when persons have strokes or heart attacks as a result of a chronically raised pressure.
    • There were mounting medical bills for his wife, who was chronically sick.
    1. 1.1 In a long-lasting or habitual and problematic way.
      the office is chronically understaffed
      a mission to create jobs for the chronically unemployed
      Example sentencesExamples
      • These chronically bullied children represent an important target group for empirical inquiry and clinical intervention.
      • Some were almost chronically dissatisfied with themselves—however, this was not a sign of personal ambition for fame.
      • Her work drew upon her own stifling upbringing and unhappy marriage to a chronically unfaithful husband.
      • We continue to observe pockets of defaults in either chronically or newly ailing industrial sectors.
      • A divided union movement created chronically unstable labor relations, to which ship owners responded by making generous concessions.
      • Broad swathes of the country's industrial heartland are now chronically short of electricity.
      • Treaty obligations that restrain capitalist development are chronically ignored.
      • Community development forums have emerged as a potentially more effective alternative to chronically disappointing government-directed efforts to foster growth.
      • The law enables companies with chronically underfunded plans to receive an implicit subsidy from companies with sound plans.
      • Evidence suggests that youth who are chronically exposed to community violence can become desensitized to its effects.
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