chronic
US: /ˈkɹɑnɪk/
UK: /kɹˈɒnɪk/
UK: /kɹˈɒnɪk/
English Vietnamese dictionary
chronic /'krɔnik/
- tính từ
- (y học) mạn, kinh niên
- a chronic disease: bệnh mạn
- ăn sâu, bám chặt, thâm căn cố đế; thành thói quen
- chronic doubts: những mối nghi ngờ đã ăn sâu
- to be getting chronic: trở thành thói quen
- thường xuyên, lắp đi lắp lại
- (thông tục) rất khó chịu, rất xấu
- (y học) mạn, kinh niên
Advanced English dictionary
+ adjective
1 (especially of a disease) lasting for a long time; difficult to cure or get rid of: chronic bronchitis / arthritis / asthma + the country's chronic unemployment problem + a chronic shortage of housing in rural areas
Compare: ACUTE
2 having had a disease for a long time: a chronic alcoholic / depressive
3 (BrE, informal) very bad: The film was just chronic.
chronically adverb: a hospital for the chronically ill
Thesaurus dictionary
adj.
1 long-lasting, long-standing, lingering, inveterate, persistent, continuing, lasting, long-lived:
The doctor said that the condition, for which there is no cure, is chronic.
2 inveterate, persistent, dyed in the wool, confirmed, habitual, hardened:
Abby is a chronic liar.
Concise English dictionary
'krɒnɪk
adj.
+being long-lasting and recurrent or characterized by long suffering
