英语词汇“to take a turn for the worse”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

(a) to take a turn for the worse and variants: to (start to) worsen or deteriorate, esp. suddenly. Frequently (and in early use chiefly) with reference to health. Cf. for the worse at worse adj. and n. Phrases 3a and sense 26a.

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1730 T. Dale tr. J. Freind Two Epist. Small-pox 106 in tr. J. Freind Nine Comm. Fevers Every thing took a turn for the worse, the Pustules sunk in;..then succeeded an involuntary Emission.

1773 J. Sims Observ. Epidemic Disorders ii. 19 The disorder afterwards took a turn for the worse.

1863 L. M. Alcott Hosp. Sketches iv. 51 [His] wound-fever had taken a turn for the worse.

1875 Photogr. News 5 Mar. 117/1 A man who had been doing a flourishing business for some time found his affairs suddenly take a turn for the worse.

1921 D. Lloyd George Let. 24 Nov. (1973) viii. 195 The Irish negotiations have taken a turn for the worse.

1989 Spy (N.Y.) Mar. 108/1 Personal-bankruptcy statistics took a turn for the worse.

2002 O. Figes Natasha's Dance (2003) v. v. 345 His long illness from tuberculosis had taken a sudden and dramatic turn for the worse.

单词	to take a turn for the worse
释义	> as lemmas to take a turn for the worse (a) to take a turn for the worse and variants: to (start to) worsen or deteriorate, esp. suddenly. Frequently (and in early use chiefly) with reference to health. Cf. for the worse at worse adj. and n. Phrases 3a and sense 26a. ΚΠ 1730 T. Dale tr. J. Freind Two Epist. Small-pox 106 in tr. J. Freind Nine Comm. Fevers Every thing took a turn for the worse, the Pustules sunk in;..then succeeded an involuntary Emission. 1773 J. Sims Observ. Epidemic Disorders ii. 19 The disorder afterwards took a turn for the worse. 1863 L. M. Alcott Hosp. Sketches iv. 51 [His] wound-fever had taken a turn for the worse. 1875 Photogr. News 5 Mar. 117/1 A man who had been doing a flourishing business for some time found his affairs suddenly take a turn for the worse. 1921 D. Lloyd George Let. 24 Nov. (1973) viii. 195 The Irish negotiations have taken a turn for the worse. 1989 Spy (N.Y.) Mar. 108/1 Personal-bankruptcy statistics took a turn for the worse. 2002 O. Figes Natasha's Dance (2003) v. v. 345 His long illness from tuberculosis had taken a sudden and dramatic turn for the worse. extracted from turnn. < as lemmas
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