1. Most of them were chronically ill. 他们中大部分人都有慢性病。
2. It is required by law to shut down banks which it regards as chronically short of capital. 法律规定要关闭资金长期短缺的银行。
3. Chronically high levels of these hormones have been linked to heart disease. 这些激素长期保持高水平与心脏病有关。
4. The financial blows rain, instead, on the uninsured, especially the chronically ill who need expensive drugs to live. 相反，财政上的打击落在了那些没有保险的人身上，尤其是那些需要昂贵药物来维持生命的慢性病患者的身上。
5. Many factories were chronically overmanned. 许多工厂长期人员过剩。
