stricken
stricken 英 [ˈstrɪkən] 美 [ˈstrɪkən]
adj. 受煎熬的；受困的
- Stricken means "overwhelmed by emotion." When you saw the pretty new girl at school smiling at you, you were so stricken you walked right into a wall.
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- adj. 受煎熬的；受困的
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1. She raised her stricken face and begged for help.
她仰起苦闷的脸，乞求帮助。
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2. We went to the aid of the stricken boat.
我们前去救助那艘失事的船。
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3. Whole villages were stricken with the disease.
整村整村的人染上了这种病。
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4. He was stricken by a heart attack on his fiftieth birthday.
他在五十岁生日那天心脏病发作。
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5. poverty-stricken families
贫困家庭
- 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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