Word · CEFR A2 · Frequency #6841
worse
更差；更坏；更糟
more bad; lower in quality or condition
- 1.
(comparative of `bad') inferior to another in quality or condition or desirability
(bad的比较级)在质量、状况或可取性上更差的；较差的
- 2.
changed for the worse in health or fitness
健康或身体状况变差的；恶化的
病情更重的；健康状况变差的；(bad的比较级)在质量、状况或可取性上更差的；较差的；健康或身体状况变差的；恶化的；更坏的；更恶劣的
In use
This hotel is worse than the one we stayed at last year.
My cold got worse after I went out in the rain.
The traffic is worse in the evening than in the morning.
worse than
用于两者之间的比较。
His grades are worse than mine.
他的成绩比我的还差。
get worse
表示状态恶化。
The weather is getting worse.
天气变得更糟了。
make sth worse
表示使某事恶化。
Don't make it worse by arguing.
不要争辩，以免让情况更糟。
Connections
Collocations
- get worse
- 变得更糟；恶化
- If you don't fix the leak, the damage will get worse.如果你不修好漏水的地方，损坏会变得更严重。
- feel worse
- 感觉更糟；感觉更难受
- After hearing the news, she felt worse than before.听到这个消息后，她感觉比以前更难受。
- make things worse
- 使情况更糟；火上浇油
- Blaming each other will only make things worse.互相指责只会让情况更糟。
- worse off
- （处境、经济等）更差的；更穷的
- Without a stable income, many families are worse off this year.由于没有稳定收入，许多家庭今年更穷了。
- for better or worse
- 不管好坏；无论如何
- For better or worse, they decided to move abroad.不管好坏，他们决定移居国外。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 worse 记成 worry 的开头 wor：一担忧(worry)，情况就更糟(worse)。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常口语、书面比较、健康描述 该词为常见的比较级，通常没有明显的正式或非正式限制，口语和书面语都常用。在描述质量、状况或健康状况变差时，属于自然的中性表达。
Grammar Note
常用于比较结构，如'worse than'；也可作名词，意为更坏的事。
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 worse /wɜːrs/ 押韵的有 nurse、purse、curse（美式英语中均为 /ɜːrs/）。注意 horse 虽以 -orse 结尾，但读 /hɔːrs/，与 worse 不押韵；word 和 worry 虽以 wor- 开头，但 word 结尾是 /d/，worry 结尾是 /ri/，也不押韵。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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