aggravate

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vt. 使恶化, 使更严重, 加重

发音

UK
其它 /ˈæɡ.ɹə.veɪ̯t/
其它 /ˈæɡɹəvət/
IN /əɡrəˈveʈ/
IN /ˈaɡrəveʈ/

词形变化

aggravated aggravates 三单 aggravates aggravatest aggravateth aggravating aggravating 现在分词 aggravated 过去式 aggravated 过去分词 more aggravate 比较级 most aggravate 最高级

别名

aggrevate haggravate

教材释义与例句

动词

加重；使恶化；激怒

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To make (an offence) worse or more severe; to increase in offensiveness or heinousness.

  2. 2.

    To make (any bad thing) worse.

    引申义
  3. 3.

    To give extra weight or intensity to; to exaggerate, to magnify.

    古体

    He aggravated the story.

  4. 4.

    To pile or heap (something heavy or onerous) on or upon someone.

    废旧
  5. 5.

    To exasperate; to provoke or irritate.

    激怒

    惹火

    非正式
adj.
  1. 1.

    Aggravated.

    废旧
  2. 2.

    Loaded, burdened, weighed down.

    废旧
  3. 3.

    Heightened, intensified.

    废旧
  4. 4.

    Under ecclesiastical censure, excommunicated.

    废旧 宗教

词汇关系

动词

同义词 3

worsen exacerbate exasperate

上位词 4

change anger alter modify

下位词 4

irritate degrade inflame cheapen

词源

The adjective is first attested in 1471 in Middle English, the verb in 1530; from Latin aggravātus, perfect passive participle of aggravō (“to add to the weight of, make worse, oppress, annoy”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from ad- (“to”) + gravō (“to make heavy”), from gravis (“heavy”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). See grave and compare aggrieve and aggrege. Participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.

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