The poor are struck most by the ever-increasing housing costs.
The people in the village are stricken with poverty.
The village was struck with famine after a drought.
Many people in backward countries are stricken with famine and epidemic disease.
以上stricken的用法也常以复合形容词形式出现,放在名词之前,如:poverty-stricken、famine-stricken、drought-stricken、panic-stricken、fever-stricken等等。stricken 也见于某些文学语言中(如stricken in years年迈的;stricken with remorse极为懊悔的)。
有时候,在某些复合词中不用stricken,而用struck,如:awe-struck,thunder-struck,但在某些名词前,却单个用stricken而不用struck,如:a stricken field战场;astricken heart忧伤之心,对于这类词语,我们应当把它们看作固定的词组搭配。