seriously affected by an unpleasant feeling or disease or by a difficult situation 受煎熬的;患病的;遭受挫折的 She raised her stricken face and begged for help. 她仰起苦闷的脸,乞求帮助。 We went to the aid of the stricken boat. 我们前去救助那艘失事的船。 - stricken with/by something
Whole villages were stricken with the disease. 整村整村的人染上了这种病。 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。
(in compounds )构成复合词 seriously affected by the thing mentioned 遭受…的;受…之困的 poverty-stricken families 贫困家庭