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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。
深受打击的；患重病的；受灾的
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深受打击的；患重病的；受灾的
seriously affected or weakened by disease, disaster, or overwhelming emotion
The village was stricken with a deadly fever.
这个村庄遭受了致命热病的侵袭。
常用在复合词中，表示“受…严重影响的”
被某物击中。
Struck by something.
因某事而丧失能力或无法行动。
Disabled or incapacitated by something.
The whole village was stricken by the flood.
整个村庄都遭受了洪水的重创。
She has been stricken with a rare disease since last winter.
自从去年冬天以来，她一直身患一种罕见的疾病。
The stricken town received food and medicine from volunteers.
受灾的城镇收到了志愿者送来的食物和药品。
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。
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。
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.
救援人员在受灾城市中搜寻。
Not this
He was stricken by a car on his way home.
Use this
He was struck by a car on his way home.
stricken 是形容词，意为“深受打击的/患病的”，不是 strike 表示“撞击”时的过去分词；表示“被车撞”这类物理打击应用 struck。将 stricken 改为 struck 才符合英语用法并保留“被撞”的意思。
Not this
She was stricken a serious illness last year.
Use this
She was stricken with a serious illness last year.
stricken 表示“患（病）”时，后面要接介词 with 再加病名，不能直接跟宾语。加上 with 后，“去年患重病”的意义才完整且语法正确。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
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。
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。
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。
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。
地震受灾的
Volunteers rushed to the earthquake-stricken areas.
志愿者赶往地震灾区。
遭受饥荒的
The famine-stricken region needed urgent aid.
遭受饥荒的地区急需援助。
年迈的
He was a man stricken in years, yet his mind remained sharp.
他已年迈，但头脑依然敏锐。
惊得说不出话的
The shocking news left them stricken dumb.
这个惊人的消息令他们惊得说不出话来。
悲痛欲绝的
She was stricken with grief after losing her job.
她失去工作后悲痛欲绝。
我为你神魂颠倒。
From Disturbed's 2005 rock song 'Stricken', describing overwhelming obsession with someone.
出自 Disturbed 乐队 2005 年的摇滚歌曲《Stricken》，描写对某人无法自拔的强烈情感。
他诚然担当我们的忧患，背负我们的痛苦；我们却以为他受责罚，被上帝击打苦待了。
From the King James Bible (Isaiah 53:4), about the suffering servant.
出自钦定版圣经《以赛亚书》53:4，关于受苦的仆人。
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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。
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。
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.
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