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aggravate + noun
通常用于描述使问题、情况等变得更糟。
The new law will aggravate the economic crisis.
新法律将加剧经济危机。
加重；恶化；使更严重
aggravating — present participle of aggravate
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
加重；恶化；使更严重
to make something bad, such as a problem, illness, or offence, worse or more severe
The new law will aggravate the economic crisis.
新法律将加剧经济危机。
To make (an offence) worse or more severe; to increase in offensiveness or heinousness.
To make (any bad thing) worse.
aggravate
Base
原形
aggravates
3rd person
第三人称单数
aggravating
-ing
现在分词
aggravated
Past
过去式
aggravated
Past participle
过去分词
Smoking aggravates his cough.
吸烟加重了他的咳嗽。
The delay aggravated the situation.
延误使情况恶化了。
The new policy has aggravated the problem.
新政策加剧了问题。
通常用于描述情况或病情的加剧。
The heavy rain aggravated the flooding in the area.
大雨加剧了该地区的洪水。
His constant complaining aggravated his wife.
他不停的抱怨激怒了他的妻子。
Stress can aggravate health problems.
压力会加重健康问题。
通常用于描述使问题、情况等变得更糟。
The new law will aggravate the economic crisis.
新法律将加剧经济危机。
用于表示惹恼或激怒某人。
His constant complaining aggravated me.
他不断的抱怨激怒了我。
被动结构，表示被某事激怒或使恶化。
She was aggravated by the delay.
她被延误惹恼了。
Not this
The problem aggravated.
Use this
The problem was aggravated.
“aggravate”是及物动词，后须接宾语或被用于被动语态；中文“恶化”可独立使用，但英语中“aggravate”不能无宾语。改正后使用被动语态，保持原意。
Not this
This will aggravate on the situation.
Use this
This will aggravate the situation.
“aggravate”是直接及物动词，无需介词；受中文“加重于”影响，学习者常误加介词“on”。删除介词即可。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
使情况恶化
His comments only aggravated the situation.
他的评论只会使情况恶化。
加重伤势
Running will aggravate your knee injury.
跑步会加重你的膝盖伤势。
加剧症状
Stress can aggravate symptoms of anxiety.
压力会加剧焦虑症状。
使问题更严重
Ignoring the issue will aggravate the problems.
忽视问题会使问题更加严重。
加剧紧张关系
The new policy aggravated tensions between the two groups.
新政策加剧了两组之间的紧张关系。
加剧冲突
His aggressive tone aggravated the conflict.
他咄咄逼人的语气加剧了冲突。
Use aggravating naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
想象“agg”像“阿瓜”（迟钝），他总让问题变得更严重。
语域：formal 常见场景：medical、legal、environmental issues、political discourse 该词表示‘使恶化’时通常用于正式或技术性语境，如医学、法律或环境讨论中，表达情况变得更为严重。
All words share the '-ate' spelling and first-syllable stress, but none perfectly rhymes with 'aggravate' (pronounced /ˈæɡrəveɪt/). 'Graduate' has the same stressed vowel /æ/, but the following sounds differ; others have different stressed vowels.
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