變成一個人身上的習性
同樣一個「久到停不下來」的畫面，從病或問題移到人身上。做這件事的次數多到它不再是選擇，而像體質的一部分了。
habitual, incurable · adjective · C2
A chronic person, such as a chronic worrier, has acted in a certain way for so long that they cannot stop.
積習難改的／老是…的
核心畫面
You can picture an illness that never had a dramatic moment — it moved in, , and simply stayed. Not a sharp attack you get over (that is 'acute'), but a low, steady condition stretched along the years, with no end you can point to on the calendar. Every other use of 'chronic' keeps that shape: something is not just bad, it is bad *and* it has been going on so long that nobody expects it to stop.
可以想成一種病從來沒有戲劇性的那一刻——它搬進來、把行李攤開，然後就住下了。不是那種來得又急又猛、過了就好的發作（那…更多收起
可以想成一種病從來沒有戲劇性的那一刻——它搬進來、把行李攤開，然後就住下了。不是那種來得又急又猛、過了就好的發作（那叫 acute），而是低低地、穩穩地沿著年份一路拖著，日曆上指不出一個結束的日子。chronic 其他的用法都保留這個形狀：不只是「糟」，而是糟到已經拖了很久，久到大家都不再期待它會停。From the picture
英式口語：爛透了
從「久到沒救」滑到「差到沒救」——原本是時間上的無藥可醫，口語裡把時間那一層丟掉，只留下「無藥可醫」的評價。
terrible, awful · adjective · C2
Extremely bad or of very poor quality.
糟透了
Also in this word
long-lasting (illness) · adjective · C2
A chronic illness or pain lasts for a very long time and cannot be fully cured.
慢性的
persistent (problem) · adjective · C2
A chronic problem has continued for a long time and is very hard to solve.
長期的（問題）
原始詞典資料10 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
chronicadj/ˈkɹɒn.ɪk/
- 1
Of a problem, that continues over an extended period of time.
- chronic unemployment; chronic poverty; chronic anger; chronic life
- Peer group support is important to displaced homemakers. The Displaced Homemakers' Network has done excellent work in helping women see that their problems do not have to be chronic.
- 2
medicinesciencesProlonged or slow to heal.
- chronic cough; chronic headache; chronic illness
- So dreadful was the concentration of his glare that it seemed as if it must become chronic and stay like that for ever.
- 3
Of a person, suffering from an affliction that is prolonged or slow to heal.
- Chronic patients must learn to live with their condition.
- 4
Inveterate or habitual.
- He's a chronic smoker.
- 5
slangVery bad, awful.
- That concert was chronic.
- 6
informalExtremely serious.
- They left him in a chronic condition.
- 7
slangGood, great; "wicked".
- That was cool, chronic in fact.
chronicnoun/ˈkɹɒn.ɪk/
- 1
slangMarijuana, typically of high quality.
- It's ironic, I had the brew, she had the chronic
- Pimp had been kicking it with one of the young jawns hanging around the apartment. She was real young and had bumpy skin and slum rings on every finger. She told us she was living next door with her grandmother while her mother was in jail, and she took us up to the roof to smoke some chronic.
- 2
medicinesciencesA condition of extended duration, either continuous or marked by frequent recurrence. Sometimes implies a condition which worsens with each recurrence, though that is not inherent in the term.
- 3
A person who is chronic, such as a criminal reoffender or a person with chronic disease.
- Wernersvill asylum is now practically filled, and, as it is peopled with able-bodied chronics, there will be but little annual movement of patients.
- And then there were the chronics, not only those with marked pathology but life-long sufferers from "indigestion" or migraine, who had been passed around from doctor to doctor with nothing but temporary relief.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。