stricken
英 ['str?k(?)n]
美['str?k?n]
- adj. 患病的；受挫折的；受…侵襲的；遭殃的
低頻詞CET6TEM4
助記提示
1. strike => stricken.
中文詞源
stricken 受煎熬的，遭受痛苦的
來自 strike 的過去分詞古拼寫形式，引申比喻義受煎熬的，遭受痛苦的。
英文詞源
- 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."
雙語例句
- 1. A wall collapsed and 39 people, were killed in the panic-stricken stampede.
- 一堵墻倒了，慌亂中有39人死于踩踏事故。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Foreign aid workers will not be allowed into the stricken areas.
- 國外救援人員不準(zhǔn)進入災(zāi)區(qū)。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. He was panic-stricken at the thought he might never play again.
- 一想到自己可能永遠不能再參加比賽，他就無比恐慌。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. He was stricken at twenty-one with a crippling malady.
- 他21歲時突患致殘重疾。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. Panic-stricken travellers fled for the borders.
- 驚慌失措的旅行者逃往邊境。
來自柯林斯例句