Word · CEFR A2 · Frequency #6841
worse
更不熟练地；更差地
Less skillfully.
- 1.
Less skillfully.
更差地,更不熟练地
- 2.
More severely or seriously.
更严重地,更厉害地
- 3.
Used to start a sentence describing something that is worse.
更糟的是(用于引出更坏的情况)
更严重地；更厉害地；更糟的是；更糟糕的是；更差地,更不熟练地；更严重地,更厉害地；更糟的是(用于引出更坏的情况)
In use
He plays tennis worse than his friend, but he enjoys it more.
She sang worse at the audition than she did in practice.
The car handles worse on wet roads than on dry ones.
get worse
表示状态逐渐恶化。
The weather is getting worse.
天气变得越来越糟。
make sth worse
表示某行为导致情况恶化。
His comments only made the situation worse.
他的评论只会让情况更糟。
worse still
用于引出更严重的情况。
He lost his job, and worse still, his house was flooded.
Connections
Collocations
- do worse
- 表现更差；做得更差
- He did worse on the second test than on the first.他第二次考试比第一次考得更差。
- fare worse
- 情况更糟；进展更差
- Small businesses may fare worse during an economic crisis.小企业在经济危机期间可能情况更糟。
- perform worse
- 表现更差
- The algorithm performs worse when the data is noisy.当数据有噪声时，该算法表现更差。
- behave worse
- 表现得更差；行为更糟
- The children behaved worse in the afternoon after skipping their nap.孩子们下午没午睡，表现得比上午更差。
- worse still
- 更糟的是
- The room was dirty, and worse still, the door wouldn't lock.房间很脏，更糟的是，门还锁不上。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
worse 以 wor 开头，像 worry（担心）的前半——情况更差、更糟，让人更担心。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常对话、一般书面语 worse 是 badly 的比较级，作副词时在口语和书面语中都比较常见，属于中性表达；表示“更糟的是”时常放在句首，语气略口语化，正式写作中也可使用。
Grammar Note
irregular comparative of 'badly' or 'ill'
Pronunciation & Spelling
发音注意：curse、purse、nurse、verse 与 worse (/wɜːrs/) 押韵，重读元音均为 /ɜː/，后接 /r/ 和 /s/；horse 和 course 是形近词，但元音是 /ɔː/，并不押韵。
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。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.