Word · Frequency #11349
Fully loadedstricken
深受打击的；患重病的；受灾的
seriously affected or weakened by disease, disaster, or overwhelming emotion
常用在复合词中，表示“受…严重影响的”
- 1.
Struck by something.
被某物击中。
- 2.
Disabled or incapacitated by something.
因某事而丧失能力或无法行动。
被某物击中。；因某事而丧失能力或无法行动。；受打击的；负了伤的；衰老的
In use
The whole village was stricken by the flood.
She has been stricken with a rare disease since last winter.
The stricken town received food and medicine from volunteers.
be stricken with sth
sth 常指疾病、恐惧等令人痛苦的事物。
The village was stricken with a deadly fever.
这个村庄遭受了致命热病的侵袭。
be stricken by sth
by 后面常接情感或灾祸，强调打击的来源。
She was stricken by grief after her mother died.
母亲去世后，她悲痛欲绝。
stricken + noun
作定语时表示“遭受重创的、受灾的”，通常指被灾难或疾病影响的地方或人。
Rescue workers searched the stricken city.
Connections
Collocations
- stricken with disease
- 身患重病
- The family was stricken with disease after the flood.洪水过后，这个家庭身患重病。
- stricken by grief
- 悲痛欲绝
- She was stricken by grief at the sudden loss.突如其来的损失使她悲痛欲绝。
- grief-stricken
- 悲痛欲绝的
- The grief-stricken mother could not speak.那位悲痛欲绝的母亲说不出话来。
- poverty-stricken
- 极度贫困的
- They live in a poverty-stricken area.他们住在一个极度贫困的地区。
- earthquake-stricken
- 地震受灾的
- Volunteers rushed to the earthquake-stricken areas.志愿者赶往地震灾区。
- famine-stricken
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想记忆：stricken 听起来像 strike（击打）加 -en，被击打过、带着伤痕的状态，就是受打击、受灾、患病。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：正式书面语、新闻报道、文学作品 该词较正式，多用于书面语和新闻报道，常表示“深受打击的、患重病的、受灾的”；日常口语中不常用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Words sharing the /ɪkən/ ending—sicken, quicken, thicken—rhyme with stricken. Beware of spelling lookalikes: chicken is often pronounced with a final /ɪn/, and taken and shaken have a long /eɪ/ in the stressed syllable, so they do not rhyme.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.