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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
Collins English-English Dictionary
- stricken ['strɪkən]
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1.
adj
laid low, as by disease or sickness
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2.
adj
deeply affected, as by grief, love, etc
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3.
adj
[archaic]
wounded or injured
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4.
adj
[Etymology]
C14: past participle of
strike
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1.
adj
laid low, as by disease or sickness
Examples
- a stricken conscience
- 感到良心责备的 → stricken
- she was stricken with grief → strike
- 护送救灾物资
- convoy vehicles bringing relief to a disaster-stricken area → 护送
- 灾区需用医药，急如星火。
- Medical aid must be sent to the stricken area posthaste. → 急如星火
- 空投救灾物资
- air-drop relief supplies (to a stricken area) → 空投
- 空运救灾物资
- airlift relief supplies (to a stricken area) → 空运
- 恐慌万状
- panic-stricken → 恐慌
- 内疚于心
- feel compunction; have qualms of conscience; be conscience-stricken → 内疚
- 在地震灾区进行抢掠的人将被枪决。
- Anyone found looting in the earthquake-stricken area will be shot. → 抢掠
- 奶奶上了年纪，腿脚不那么灵便了。
- Granny is stricken in years and isn't so surefooted as before. → 上年纪
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