exacerbate
verb[T]
uk/ɪɡˈzæs.ə.beɪt/us/ɪɡˈzæs.ɚ.beɪt/to make something that is alreadybadevenworse:
使恶化;使加重;使加剧Thisattackwill exacerbate the alreadytenserelationsbetween the twocommunities.这次袭击将使两个团体间已经紧张的关系更加恶化。
Deteriorating and making worse
- add
- admin
- aggravate
- backslide
- be (all) downhillidiom
- debase
- deteriorate
- deterioration
- devaluation
- devalue
- disintegrate
- dog
- one step forward, two steps backidiom
- regress
- regression
- regressive
- relapse
- retrograde
- worse
- worsen