Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь - chronic
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1. хроник 2. хронический; затяжной (о болезни); застарелый chronic invalid —- больной-хроник chronic rheumatism —- хронический ревматизм chronic alcoholic —- алкоголик-хроник chronic smoker —- заядлый курильщик 3. неисправимый chronic liar —- неисправимый враль 4. постоянный; привычный chronic headache —- постоянные головные боли chronic doubts —- вечные сомнения chronic wars —- непрекращающиеся войны chronic poverty —- безысходная нужда 5. сл. ужасный, невыносимый the weather is chronic —- погода отвратительная he has a chronic sense of humour —- он совершенно лишен чувства юмора ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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adj. 1 persisting for a long time (usu. of an illness or a personal or social problem). 2 having a chronic complaint. 3 colloq. disp. habitual, inveterate (a chronic liar). 4 Brit. colloq. very bad; intense, severe. Derivatives chronically adv. chronicity n. Etymology: F chronique f. L chronicus (in LL of disease) f. Gk khronikos f. khronos time ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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adjective Etymology: French chronique, from Greek chronikos of time, from chronos Date: 1601 1. a. marked by long duration or frequent recurrence ; not acute ~ indigestion ~ experiments b. suffering from a ~ disease the special needs of ~ patients 2. a. always present or encountered; especially constantly vexing, weakening, or troubling ~ petty warfare b. being such habitually a ~ grumbler Synonyms: see inveterate • ~ noun • ~ally adverb • ~ity noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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1. A chronic illness or disability lasts for a very long time. Compare acute. ...chronic back pain. ADJ: usu ADJ n • chronically Most of them were chronically ill. ADV: ADV adj/-ed 2. You can describe someone’s bad habits or behaviour as chronic when they have behaved like that for a long time and do not seem to be able to stop themselves. ...a chronic worrier. ADJ: ADJ n 3. A chronic situation or problem is very severe and unpleasant. One cause of the artist’s suicide seems to have been chronic poverty... = severe ADJ: usu ADJ n • chronically Research and technology are said to be chronically underfunded. ADV: ADV adj/-ed ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ adj usually before noun 1 a chronic disease or illness is one that cannot be cured (He's been suffering from chronic arthritis for years now.) 2 a problem or difficulty that you cannot get rid of or that keeps coming back (a chronic shortage of language teachers | chronic unemployment) 3 chronic alcoholic/gambler etc someone who suffers from a particular problem or type of behaviour for a long time and cannot stop (Jake was a chronic alcoholic who could not hold down a job.) 4 BrE informal extremely bad (Don't go to that new restaurant, I've heard the food's chronic.) - chronically adj (chronically ill) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- early 15c., from O.Fr. chronique, from L. chronicus, from Gk. chronikos "of time," from chronos "time." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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