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

WORD ORIGINdeteriorate

Origin:

1500-1600 Late Latin deteriorare, from Latin deterior ‘worse’

VERB TABLE

deteriorate

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	deteriorate
	he, she, it	deteriorates
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	deteriorated
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have deteriorated
	he, she, it	has deteriorated
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had deteriorated
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will deteriorate
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have deteriorated

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

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

Air quality is rapidly deteriorating in our cities.
Ethel's health deteriorated to the point that she could no longer walk.
His condition deteriorated rapidly during the night.
If the dispute drags on, conditions in the city could deteriorate.
Nina's hearing had deteriorated considerably since I last saw her.
Relations between the two countries have deteriorated since the agreement was signed.
School buildings have deteriorated to the point where they pose a health threat to both students and teachers.
The US trade position has deteriorated over the past few years.

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

But jitters about the deteriorating budget talks have driven yields steadily higher.
It was a marriage made in heaven that seemed to deteriorate to hell in a hurry.
Meanwhile, prison conditions have deteriorated and the public has lost confidence in the criminal justice system.
My, how things have deteriorated.
Some 114 sites surveyed had improved their environmental performance while that of 30 had deteriorated.
Strategic planning systems can of course deteriorate into meaningless exercises.
Was this not deft proof of how the human gene-pool was constantly deteriorating, how bad blood drove out good?

THESAURUS► deteriorate

to become worse: · Air quality is rapidly deteriorating in our cities.· Living conditions here have deteriorated in the past few years.

► get worse

to become worse. Get worse is less formal and more common than deteriorate in everyday English: · My eyesight seems to be getting worse.· He’s never been well-behaved, but he’s getting even worse.

► go down

to become gradually worse – used especially about the standard of something: · The hotel’s gone down since its management changed.· Nick’s teachers say that his work has gone down recently.

► go downhill

to become much worse and be in a very bad condition, especially after a particular time or event: · During the recession the business began to go downhill.· Her health went downhill rapidly after Christmas.

► decline

especially written to become gradually worse – used especially about standards of living, education, health etc: · After the war, the standard of living declined.· Over the years, the standard of public transport has declined.

► degenerate

formal to become worse, or to become something bad instead of something good: · Relations between the two countries have degenerated.· The debate degenerated into an argument between the two sides.

► escalate

to become much worse very quickly – used especially about fighting, violence, or a bad situation: · Further violence could escalate into a full-scale armed conflict.· The political crisis escalated.

► spiral out of control

to become worse in a way that cannot be controlled and is extremely serious and worrying: · Police say that the violence has spiralled out of control.· Scientists are worried that global warming could soon spiral out of control.· Costs have been spiralling out of control.

Longman Language Activatorto 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.

when someone who is ill becomes worse► get worse

if someone who is ill gets worse or their condition gets worse , they become more seriously ill: · I'm afraid your father is getting worse, and we'll have to keep him in hospital.· The chest pains got worse, and the family doctor was called.

► deteriorate

formal if someone's medical condition deteriorates , it gets worse: · Nina's hearing had deteriorated considerably since I last saw her.· His condition deteriorated rapidly during the night.

► relapse

if someone who has a serious illness relapses , they get worse when they had previously been getting better: · On vacation at home, he relapsed and had to return to hospital for further tests.· Most drug abusers relapse within a year.

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► somebody's eyesight gets worse/deteriorates

· Your eyesight gradually deteriorates with age.

► somebody's health deteriorates

(=gets worse)· Her health deteriorated rapidly.

► a situation worsens/deteriorates/gets worse

· Reports from the area suggest the situation has worsened.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► further

· It deteriorated further over the 1994-6 war in Chechnya.· As frontal lobe function deteriorates further, the patient repeats actions over and over.· It is also warning more cuts could come if the economy deteriorates further.· Unless the government cuts spending, its finances will deteriorate further.· Engineers have been forced to operate at a snail's pace to counter the danger of the bridge deteriorating further.· Regionally yields deteriorate further north-down by 15 %.· I guessed that he didn't intervene in my dispute with Shadwell because he wanted the situation to deteriorate further.

► rapidly

· In the early nineteenth century the quality of working-class houses, as structures, deteriorated rapidly.· Whipped butter is expensive and deteriorates rapidly.· Weather conditions had deteriorated rapidly by the time the plane reached Prestwick and the pilot aborted his landing almost on touch-down.· Credit quality has deteriorated rapidly in recent months, both for marketable debt and for bank loans.· Without it the retinas of their eyes would rapidly deteriorate.· Of the scandalous way in which the railway hotels were sold off and nine-tenths have deteriorated rapidly since.· This provision is inserted in the Policy because these items are moving parts which deteriorate rapidly with use.· Excision biopsy was carried out and before the result was available the patient deteriorated rapidly and died.

► sharply

· Both their work and personal lives deteriorated sharply when that relationship was jeopardised.· In mid-1991 labour relations deteriorated sharply with the sugarcane harvest once again delayed because of disputes over payments for the previous year's crop.

► so

· His condition deteriorated so rapidly that Brian was unable to reach his father's bedside in New York before he died.· That system has deteriorated so much that state health officials have stepped in to demand that the city act immediately.

NOUN► condition

· Meanwhile, prison conditions have deteriorated and the public has lost confidence in the criminal justice system.· The students are under much more pressure and the working conditions have deteriorated.· With the passage of the Poor Law Amendment Act in 1834 the condition of labourers deteriorated still further.· Weather conditions had deteriorated rapidly by the time the plane reached Prestwick and the pilot aborted his landing almost on touch-down.· Others noted that his mental condition had deteriorated two years ago, when he was in a serious car accident.· During the hearing the court received information that W.'s condition had deteriorated to a serious extent.· But advocates and families say patients end up staying much longer than necessary and their conditions deteriorate.

► health

· His health deteriorated after his wife Jessie died in 1997.· Yet he still suffered dreadfully from stomach troubles; indeed, his health deteriorated in spite of the mountain atmosphere.· Bramwell resisted any such idea, even though his health was deteriorating.· She and her family also had a vacation home near Carmel, but visited less frequently as her health deteriorated.· She was unusually alert, for her health had deteriorated in the brief time since the upset of Theda's near-dismissal.· His health began to deteriorate seriously towards the end of 1826 and he died at South Bank 17 February 1827.· My mental health has deteriorated to such an extent that I had to be admitted to hospital and am currently on sedation.· His legendary calm never failed, even when his health began to deteriorate.

► point

· Patients deteriorating to the point when renal dialysis is considered should be withdrawn from the transplant list.

► relationship

· Back home their relationship started to deteriorate.· Has our relationship deteriorated to that extent?· But when a gap becomes noticeably excessive, team relationships often deteriorate.· His relationship with Congress has deteriorated.· Most of us have allowed an important relationship to deteriorate over a minor matter that was never intended.· But the relationship with Pataki deteriorated precipitously in recent days as McCaughey Ross openly defied him.

► situation

· And with one of the country's top competition climbers banned by his own governing body, the situation could deteriorate.· But as the security situation in Beirut deteriorated, Spiro felt it was time to get out.· Since then, the situation has deteriorated.· Although people are now free to express their opinions, their economic situation has deteriorated dramatically.· In June 75 % of the population thought the country's general situation was deteriorating.· I guessed that he didn't intervene in my dispute with Shadwell because he wanted the situation to deteriorate further.· Sadly the situation did deteriorate during the seven-year war and lots of schools closed as the troubles increased.· The Madurans launched revenge attacks and the situation deteriorated.

► weather

· The weather continued to deteriorate with low-flying scud and rain squalls from the west.· But, he cautioned, the seasonal weather was deteriorating.· Perversely, with the weather deteriorating in recent weeks, numbers picked up.· If the weather went on deteriorating at this rate there'd be plenty of the latter around Gullholm.· As soon as he reached Hoogeveen the weather deteriorated, and so did his spirits.· In spite of our hopes the weather appeared to be deteriorating with a freshening wind and rising sea.

► year

· The quality of recruitment to the Dail is widely held to have deteriorated in recent years for the same reason.· Strawberry plants deteriorate after three years of cropping and need re-siting.

► years

· The quality of recruitment to the Dail is widely held to have deteriorated in recent years for the same reason.· Strawberry plants deteriorate after three years of cropping and need re-siting.· Others noted that his mental condition had deteriorated two years ago, when he was in a serious car accident.

VERB► allow

· Only about 350 ha have been improved since 1975, and much of the land improved earlier has been allowed to deteriorate.· The same team that allowed blowouts to deteriorate into hard-fought victories.· The alternative route down the locks became virtually impassable as the locks were allowed to deteriorate.· With no incentive to maintain existing rental buildings, landlords have allowed them to deteriorate.· Either the settlement was abandoned now, or the huts had been allowed to deteriorate during the winter.· A bloody disgrace the way the whole area been allowed to deteriorate.· Premises might be allowed to deteriorate by the proposed assignee. 3.· Consequently, some patients allowed their conditions to deteriorate.

► begin

· His health began to deteriorate seriously towards the end of 1826 and he died at South Bank 17 February 1827.· When Bimbo and Larry go into business together, their friendship begins to deteriorate -- no surprise there.· For this, in turn, gnawed away at her mind, then she began to deteriorate in body too.· After that night, the family began to deteriorate.· Relations between the Catholic Church and the new regime had begun to deteriorate even before the constitutional debate opened.· His legendary calm never failed, even when his health began to deteriorate.· This had followed reports that Parkside Mine on Merseyside had already begun to deteriorate just days after mining was halted.· This old hunting lodge began to deteriorate and when I was last there only one room was habitable.

► continue

· January, when most results are announced, will be more miserable than ever-particularly if consumer sentiment continues to deteriorate.· But there is still controversy over whether this is too much of a compromise, and the church continues to deteriorate.

► start

· Manuel's voice had started to deteriorate, but the cracking horns cover any gaps and reinvigorate the songs.· Back home their relationship started to deteriorate.