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单词 aggravate
释义
aggravate
verb[T]
uk
/ˈæɡ.rə.veɪt/us
/ˈæɡ.rə.veɪt/

aggravateverb[T](MAKE WORSE)

to make abadsituationworse:
使（局势等）更严重，加剧
Attempts torestrictparkingin thecitycentrehavefurtheraggravated theproblemoftrafficcongestion.在市中心限制停车的尝试使交通拥堵的问题更加严重。
to make adiseaseworse:
使（病情）恶化，加重
Thetreatmentonly aggravated thecondition.这种治疗方法反而使病情恶化。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Deteriorating and making worse
  • add
  • admin
  • backslide
  • be (all) downhillidiom
  • be half the dancer, writer, etc. you used to beidiom
  • debase
  • deterioration
  • devaluation
  • devalue
  • disintegrate
  • dog
  • downgrade
  • one step forward, two steps backidiom
  • regress
  • regression
  • regressive
  • relapse
  • retrograde
  • worse
  • worsen
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aggravateverb[T](ANNOY)

informal
toannoysomeone:
激怒，使恼火
Stop aggravating me, will you!别再气我了，好不好！
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
to annoy someone
  • annoyIt annoys me that you're always late.
  • botherIt bothers me that you don't help with the washing up.
  • irritateAfter a while her behaviour really began to irritate me.
  • peeveWhat peeved her most was that he hadn't even called her.
  • bugHe's been bugging me all morning.
  • aggravateIt really aggravates me the way he never thanks me for what I've done.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Causing feelings of anger and displeasure
  • aggrieve
  • alienate
  • anger
  • annoy
  • annoyance
  • bend
  • givesomeonethe shitsidiom
  • go too faridiom
  • goat
  • grate
  • hacksomeoneoff
  • joke
  • nark
  • nose
  • rubsomeoneup the wrong wayidiom
  • ruffle
  • rufflesomeone'sfeathersidiom
  • setsomeone'steeth on edgeidiom
  • step/tread onsomeone'stoesidiom
  • tit
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(Definition ofaggravatefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

aggravate| American Dictionary

aggravate
verb[T]
us
/ˈæɡ·rəˌveɪt/

aggravateverb[T](MAKE WORSE)

to make somethingbadworse:
Roadrepairworkhas aggravated theproblemoftrafficcongestion.

aggravateverb[T](ANNOY)

infml
to make someonefeelveryannoyedandupset:
It really aggravates me when thecarwon’tstart, after all themoneywe put into it.

aggravating

adjectiveus
/ˈæɡ·rəˌveɪ·t̬ɪŋ/
infml
It’s so aggravating to have aninjurylike that, when you can’tliftanything orbenddown andtieyourshoelaces.

aggravation

noun[U]us
/ˌæɡ·rəˈveɪ·ʃən/
infml
I won’tbotherreturningit – it isn’tworththe aggravation.
(Definition ofaggravatefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofaggravate

aggravate
Today, such problems are aggravated by the pressures of modernization.
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The ending of the superpower stand-off, however, has aggravated conditions that contribute to ethnic rivalry and tension.
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The situation was aggravated by the fact that more routine work had to be done with fewer staff working in poorer conditions.
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After admission, his orthopnea and dyspnea were aggravated despite thrombolytic and anticongestive therapies.
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The slow process causing later occlusion might be due to slow obliteration of the shunt, possibly aggravated by an acute illness.
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If so, it might have already been aggravated by a lack of male agricultural labour.
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A sharp drop in production in 1965/66 further aggravated the grain situation.
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Taking this same approach in many developing countries would be disastrous, aggravating poverty and malnutrition for hundreds of millions.
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The distresses of the war were thus aggravated by a tighter administration of the counties required by a parliament desperately short of money.
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We and others have shown that, if the infection rate that increases over-proportionately with parasite concentration at low doses, parasite invasion is aggravated [7-15].
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Only one of these was a case aggravated by the fact that the victim was asleep.
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Assessment of these behavioral manifestations is essential since it can influence the individual's state, further aggravating the existing cognitive and functional impairment.
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Coughing fits, rustling candy wrappers - auditory interference which can bedevil any theatrical experience - are, in-the-round, aggravated by visual 'noise'.
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The major factor in declining lung function is loss of lung elasticity, aggravated by stiffening of the chest wall and reduced respiratory muscle strength.
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Narrow-angle glaucoma can be aggravated by anticholinergic drugs.
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