exacerbate

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vt. 使恶化, 使增剧, 激怒, 使加剧

发音

US /ɪɡˈzæsɚˌbeɪt/
UK /ɪɡˈzæsəˌbeɪt/
UK /ɪkˈsæs-/

词形变化

exacerbated exacerbates 三单 exacerbates exacerbating exacerbating 现在分词 exacerbated 过去式 exacerbated 过去分词

教材释义与例句

动词

使加剧；使恶化；激怒

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To make worse (a problem, bad situation, negative feeling, etc.).

    使恶化

    加剧

    加重

    及物

    Near-synonym: worsen

    The proposed shutdown would exacerbate unemployment problems.

词汇关系

动词

同义词 3

aggravate worsen exasperate

上位词 4

change anger alter modify

下位词 4

irritate degrade inflame cheapen

词源

First attested in 1660; borrowed from Latin exacerbātus, perfect passive participle of Latin exacerbō (“to provoke”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from ex- (“out of; thoroughly”) + acerbō (“to embitter, harshen or worsen”).

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