| 单词 | to make it worse |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto make it worse e. to make matters (or things) worse, to make it worse: (in the infinitive, as a parenthetical phrase) to cause an already awkward, unsatisfactory, or distressing situation to deteriorate further; to encounter the specified circumstance as an additional difficulty, disadvantage, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > severity > become more severe [verb (intransitive)] > make a situation more severe to make matters (or things) worse1715 1715 J. Oldmixon Mem. North-Brit. 224 The Memoir-Writer, to make Matters worse on the Side of the Government than they were, says [etc.]. 1791 tr. R. de Paradés Secret Mem. 113 To make matters worse, at six o'clock M. de Cordova gave the signal of having discovered a fleet the leeward. 1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations I. xiii. 223 In the minds of the whole company..I was an excrescence on the entertainment. And to make it worse, they all asked me from time to time..why I didn't enjoy myself. 1903 J. London Call of Wild iv. 115 The dogs were tired, the drivers grumbling, and to make matters worse, it snowed every day. 1987 C. Phillips European Tribe Introd. 8 My appetite for academic study was gone, and to make things worse it was the transitory season of autumn. 2015 Daily Tel. 6 Mar. 17/2 To make matters worse, the break-in appears not to be the work of a rival intelligence service, but of petty thieves looking to steal bathroom-ware. < as lemmas |
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