chronically

Most of them were chronically ill.

他们中大部分人都有慢性病。

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。

Many factories were chronically overmanned.

许多工厂长期人员过剩。

People are chronically hungry.

人们长期处于饥饿状态。

Research and technology are said to be chronically underfunded.

据说研究和技术资金严重不足。