exacerbate

英 [ɪɡ'zæsəbeɪt] 美 [ɪɡ'zæsərbeɪt]

• vt. 加重(使 ... 恶化；激怒)

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. （使）恶化，（使）加重，使更重
2. 使发怒，使烦恼，使恼怒，激怒，触惹
3. 加深
4. （使）加剧，增剧
5. 加重威胁

英英释义

Verb:

1. make worse;

   "This drug aggravates the pain"
   

2. exasperate or irritate

例句

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. Scratching exacerbates a skin rash.
   皮疹搔後会恶化。
2. Her mother's interference exacerbated the difficulties in their marriage.
   她母亲从中干预使他们的婚姻雪上加霜。
3. China's older air-traffic-control systems exacerbate the delays.
   中国陈旧的空中交通控制系统更是雪上加霜。

经典引文

• The unfamiliar climate..may have further exacerbated her nervous condition.

  出自： J. Berger

• Such a step would merely exacerbate an already touchy situation.

  出自： J. Masters

• Trollope had been exacerbated by the noise of an itinerant German band.

  出自： J. P. Hennessy

近反义词

【近义词】

• worsen (使)更坏
• aggravate 恶化
• impair 损害
• intensify 增强
• displease 使不高兴
• exasperate 使 ... 恼怒