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stricken

英 ['strɪk(ə)n] 美 ['strɪkən]

解释

adj. 患病的；受挫折的；受…侵袭的；遭殃的

※ 提供单词"stricken"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

中文词源

stricken 受煎熬的，遭受痛苦的

来自 strike 的过去分词古拼写形式，引申比喻义受煎熬的，遭受痛苦的。

英文词源

stricken (adj.): 1510s, "wounded, affected (by disease, trouble, etc.)," adjective use of archaic past participle of strike (v.). Figurative meaning "overwhelmed with terror, grief, etc." is from 1530s. An earlier development is reflected in 13c. phrase striken in elde "advanced in years," from strike in the sense of "to move, go," hence "far advanced."

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例句和用法

1. A wall collapsed and 39 people, were killed in the panic-stricken stampede.: 一堵墙倒了，慌乱中有39人死于踩踏事故。

2. Foreign aid workers will not be allowed into the stricken areas.: 国外救援人员不准进入灾区。

3. He was panic-stricken at the thought he might never play again.: 一想到自己可能永远不能再参加比赛，他就无比恐慌。

4. He was stricken at twenty-one with a crippling malady.: 他21岁时突患致残重疾。

5. Panic-stricken travellers fled for the borders.: 惊慌失措的旅行者逃往边境。