exacerbate

英 [ɪɡˈzæsəbeɪt]

美 [ɪɡˈzæsərbeɪt]

v.  使恶化; 使加剧; 使加重

过去分词：exacerbated　过去式：exacerbated　第三人称单数：exacerbates　现在分词：exacerbating　

IELTSGRETEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.7893 / COCA.7171

牛津词典

verb

• 使恶化；使加剧；使加重
  to make sth worse, especially a disease or problem
  1. The symptoms may be exacerbated by certain drugs.
     这些症状可能会因为某些药物而加重。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 使恶化;使加剧
  If somethingexacerbatesa problem or bad situation, it makes it worse.
  1. Mr Powell-Taylor says that depopulation exacerbates the problem...
     鲍威尔-泰勒先生说人口的急剧减少使得该问题更加严重。
  2. Longstanding poverty has been exacerbated by racial divisions.
     种族分化已经加剧了长期的贫困问题。

英英释义

verb

• make worse
  1. This drug aggravates the pain
  Synonym:worsenaggravateexasperate
• exasperate or irritate
  Synonym:exasperateaggravate

双语例句

• Inflows also exacerbate inflation.
  资金流入也会加剧通胀。
• Inadequate ventilation can lead to respiratory acidosis increased, and respirator confrontation occurred, and further exacerbate hypoventilation.
  通气不足可导致呼吸性酸中毒加剧，出现与呼吸机对抗，进一步加剧通气不足。
• Scientists fear that rising sea levels caused by global warming will exacerbate the problem in coming decades.
  科学家们担心，在未来几十年，全球变暖导致的海平面上升会使问题更加恶化。
• The report also says there are concerns that the global financial crisis will exacerbate deficits in funding for TB.
  该报告还说，人们担心全球金融危机将让结核病防控的资金不足更加恶化。
• An overheated economy can only exacerbate an incipient deterioration in inflationary expectations.
  经济过热只会使初显恶化态势的通胀预期进一步恶化。
• Human activities that contribute to the heating or that exacerbate its effects must be limited.
  造成全球变暖或加剧了其结果的人类活动必须加以限制。
• Government reactions have demonstrated the danger that interventions designed to help can exacerbate the problem.
  政府的各种反应已展示出这样一种危险，即意在帮助的干预行为，可能反而会加剧问题。
• These trends exacerbate competition and conflicts over access to land, water and biological resources, accentuate extreme poverty and hunger, and undermine political stability.
  这些趋势加剧了对土地、水和生物资源获得的竞争和冲突，使极端贫穷和饥饿更为突出，破坏了政治稳定。
• Some suggest using credit-default-swap prices, but these too can exacerbate market swings.
  有人建议使用信用违约掉期价格，但是这种做法也会加剧市场的动荡。
• Diseases such as HIV/ AIDS not only exacerbate malnutrition but can devastate labour, farm productivity and livelihoods.
  诸如艾滋病等疾病不仅让营养不良恶化，而且还可能破坏劳动、农场生产力和生计。