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exacerbate + noun (direct object)
直接跟名词，表示使某事物恶化。
The drought exacerbated the crisis.
干旱加剧了危机。
激怒；使恼火
exacerbated — past of exacerbate
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激怒；使恼火
to irritate or annoy
The drought exacerbated the crisis.
干旱加剧了危机。
使(问题、困境、负面情绪等)恶化
To make worse (a problem, bad situation, negative feeling, etc.).
exacerbate
Base
原形
exacerbates
3rd person
第三人称单数
exacerbating
-ing
现在分词
exacerbated
Past
过去式
exacerbated
Past participle
过去分词
Pollution exacerbates health problems.
污染加剧健康问题。
The drought exacerbated the famine.
干旱加剧了饥荒。
The new policy has exacerbated the situation.
新政策使情况恶化了。
规则动词，过去式和过去分词加-ed。
Her loud chewing at dinner really exacerbates me.
她吃饭时大声咀嚼真的让我很恼火。
The teacher's unfair comment exacerbated the shy student.
老师不公的评论激怒了那个害羞的学生。
Don't exacerbate him with more questions; he is already upset.
别再用更多问题激怒他了，他已经很心烦。
直接跟名词，表示使某事物恶化。
The drought exacerbated the crisis.
干旱加剧了危机。
常与problem, situation, conflict等搭配。
His comments only exacerbated the situation.
他的评论只会使情况恶化。
被动语态，表示被……加剧。
The pain was exacerbated by the cold weather.
寒冷天气加剧了疼痛。
常用结构：exacerbate the [症状/影响] of [疾病/问题]。
Smoking exacerbates the symptoms of asthma.
吸烟加剧哮喘症状。
Not this
This decision will only exacerbation the problem.
Use this
This decision will only exacerbate the problem.
exacerbation 是名词，而这里需要动词，所以应使用动词 exacerbate。
Not this
The drought exacerbated on the food shortage.
Use this
The drought exacerbated the food shortage.
exacerbate 是及物动词，后面直接跟宾语，不需要介词 on。
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加剧问题
The lack of funding will exacerbate the problem.
资金缺乏会加剧问题。
加剧紧张局势
His remarks only served to exacerbate tensions.
他的言论只会加剧紧张局势。
加重症状
Stress can exacerbate symptoms of the disease.
压力会加重疾病的症状。
加剧冲突
The decision may exacerbate the conflict between the two groups.
这一决定可能加剧两派之间的冲突。
使局势恶化
Further delays will only exacerbate the situation.
进一步的延误只会使局势恶化。
加剧疼痛
Certain movements can exacerbate the pain.
某些动作会加剧疼痛。
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由‘ex-’（向外）和‘acerb’（酸涩）构成，想象向酸涩的伤口撒盐，使痛苦加剧。
通常用于正式或学术语境，描述问题、状况、关系等恶化。常见于医学、经济、社会议题。
These words all end in -ate, but their stressed syllables differ from 'exacerbate', so they are not rhymes. For example, 'exacerbate' stress is on 'sæs', while 'debate' stress is on 'beɪt'. Watch out for lookalikes like 'exaggerate' and 'exasperate' which have similar spelling but different vowel sounds.
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