英语词汇“deepen”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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VERB TABLE

deepen

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	deepen
	he, she, it	deepens
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	deepened
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have deepened
	he, she, it	has deepened
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had deepened
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will deepen
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have deepened

Continuous Form
Present	I	am deepening
	he, she, it	is deepening
	you, we, they	are deepening
Past	I, he, she, it	was deepening
	you, we, they	were deepening
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been deepening
	he, she, it	has been deepening
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been deepening
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be deepening
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been deepening

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

As she watched the nuns working among the sick and dying, her respect for them deepened.
As the crisis deepened, it became clear that the government was losing control.
Johnny tried to deepen his voice to sound like a grown-up.
Some principals worry that the decision will deepen divisions between rich and poor schools.
The agreement will deepen the firm's ties to Japan's electronics companies.
The company's legal and financial problems are deepening.
The natural fabric's color deepens over time.
The recession may deepen still further.
The river deepens five feet from the shore.
Traveling allows young people to deepen their understanding of other cultures.
With every new day, her despair only seemed to deepen.

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

And how would her husband regard this deepening commitment to a faith he did not fully share?
As it deepens towards black, it assumes overtones of a superhuman sorrow.
Each regime of control is boosted by deepening loops of feedback and information flow.
Government measures to peg back inflation have deepened the recession.
It didn't seem possible for her love to deepen and grow, but it did.
The recession has deepened, the huge national debt has increased, the people's lot worsened.

Longman Language Activatorwhen a feeling becomes stronger► grow

if a feeling grows it gradually becomes stronger: · Her confidence grew, and soon she was able to go out driving on her own.· The more I studied, the more my anxiety about the exam grew.· Fears are growing for the safety of the missing children.

► increase

to become stronger - use this especially about a feeling that a lot of people have: · The excitement is increasing inside the stadium as we wait for the teams to come out onto the field.· The President's popularity has increased enormously in recent months.

► intensify

written if a bad or unpleasant feeling such as fear or pain intensifies , it increases: · Their panic intensified, as they heard the gunshots getting closer.· The dizzy feeling in her head intensified, and she knew she was about to black out.· Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, racism and bigotry intensified.

► build up

if a bad feeling such as anger builds up , it gradually increases until you feel you have to do something: · The pressure built up over the year, and eventually I had to leave my job.· I could feel the anger building up inside me.

► deepen

if a strong feeling such as love, respect, or sadness deepens , it increases gradually: · With every new day, her despair only seemed to deepen.· As she watched the nuns working among the sick and dying, her respect for them deepened.

► mount

if a feeling, especially of worry or activity mounts , it becomes stronger: · As the dispute continues, tension is mounting on the border between the two countries.· Anxiety about job security mounted at the plant after profits fell by 68%.

to become worse► get worse

· The food here gets worse every day.· My eyesight must be getting worse.· I don't think things can get much worse!get worse and worse · The tension in the flat got worse and worse, and Kate thought about moving out.· Paul's behaviour seems to get worse and worse.

► deteriorate

formal to gradually become worse: · If the dispute drags on, conditions in the city could deteriorate.· The US trade position has deteriorated over the past few years.deteriorate rapidly: · Air quality is rapidly deteriorating in our cities.deteriorate to the level/point/stage where . . . (=to deteriorate so much that a particular problem is caused): · School buildings have deteriorated to the point where they pose a health threat to both students and teachers.

► go down/decline

to become gradually worse - use this especially about the quality or standard of something: · He's been very unhappy and depressed recently, and his work has definitely gone down.· The quality of life for pensioners in this country has certainly declined recently.go right down British: · The standard of service has gone right down since the company was privatized.

► worsen

if a bad situation worsens , or something worsens it, it becomes worse: · The weather worsened during the night.· The government's bungling attempts to help have only worsened the refugees' plight.· The situation was worsened by Roy's tendency to drink heavily in times of stress.

► go from bad to worse

if a situation goes from bad to worse , it is already bad and then becomes even worse: · The rail service has gone from bad to worse since it was privatised.· Things went from bad to worse, and soon the pair were barely talking to each other.

► go downhill

to start getting worse, especially after a particular time or event: · Moving in together was a mistake, and things rapidly went downhill.· When things started to go downhill, Kyle began looking for another job.· I said I didn't like baseball, and the interview went downhill from then on.

► suffer

if the quality of something suffers , it becomes worse as it begins to be affected by something: · His school work suffered because he was continually worried about his mother.· The ferry line denied that safety would suffer if costs were cut.· Her husband, a lawyer, suffered professionally for having to leave the office early every night.

► slip

if standards slip , they get worse, because people are not trying hard enough to keep the standards high: · Standards have slipped in the past few months, and we have to try and improve our performance.let things slip: · He used to make sure his apartment was in immaculate condition, but he's let things slip recently.

► deepen

if a bad situation deepens , it gets worse - use this especially about serious political or military problems: · As the crisis deepened, it became clear that the government was losing control.· The company's legal and financial problems are deepening.

► degenerate

formal if a situation degenerates , it becomes much worse: · There's no denying that our relationship has degenerated over the years.degenerate into: · Attempts by the UK government to prop up the pound on the exchange markets degenerated into chaos.· What should have been a civilised debate degenerated into an unseemly row between the two sides.· Don't allow your comments to degenerate into a personal attack on the employee.

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a worsening/deepening crisis

· The strikes came during a worsening economic crisis.

► gloom deepens

(=people feel more sad)· The party's gloom deepened as the election results came in.

► the mystery deepens

(=it becomes more difficult to understand)· Why would he run away if he were not guilty? The mystery deepens.

► a recession deepens

(=becomes worse)· Economists fear the recession may be deepening.

► deepen/broaden an understanding

· It is hoped that the research will broaden our understanding of the disease.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► only

· Her father, yelling from the bleachers, only deepened her uncertainty.

► when

· He looked at her with sardonic amusement which deepened when she quickly looked away.· Because love deepens when it is expressed.· Their difficulty deepened when Cameron was sent off.

NOUN► crisis

· As the crisis deepened, Bridges was in his last weeks as Permanent Secretary to the Treasury.· As the financial crisis deepened, the ownership of the paper changed.· As the foot and mouth crisis deepens, so our ideas and values about the countryside change.

► frown

· His frown deepened, then transformed itself into a radiant grin.· She reads to the end, the frown deepening on her face.· When he came to his own seal, his frown would. deepen.

► mystery

· She remains more of a mystery, so a deepening scandal has the potential to do more political damage.

► recession

· Unemployment in Preston as well as nationally is rising steeply as the recession continues to deepen.· The recession has deepened, the huge national debt has increased, the people's lot worsened.· Outrage comes from the rest of the country as unemployment increases and the recession deepens.· But as the recession deepened, no backers could be found for the scheme which had already cost over £1 million.· As the recession has deepened, so greater attention has focused on the issue of the late payment of debt.· If the advice is not heeded, he warns, the current recession may spread and deepen.· Every week, up to four farmers kill themselves, and the numbers have increased as the recession in agriculture deepens.· The recession deepened, fee competition intensified and the Warne Review was announced with its obvious threat to statutory registration.

► understanding

· This provides experience of applying computing solutions in an organization and deepens students' understanding of the theoretical parts of the course.· This also deepens their understanding of the pleasure and enjoyment provided by the media.· Its explicitness clarifies and deepens interpretative understanding.· In addition to this, students deepen their understanding of early literacy and a special study is made of bilingual under- fives.

VERB► continue

· His understanding of the world continues to deepen.· Unemployment in Preston as well as nationally is rising steeply as the recession continues to deepen.· Such risk-avoiding moves did not, however, stop them from continuing to deepen their involvement in the economy by other means.

WORD FAMILYnoundeepdepthadjectivedeepdeepeningverbdeepenadverbdeeply