单词 | worsen |
释义 | worsen (once / 3054 pages) v WORD FAMILY worsen: worsened, worsening, worsens+/bad: badly, badness, bads, worse, worst/badness: badnesses/worse: worsen, worser, worses/worst: worster, worstest, worsting, worsts USAGE EXAMPLESProtectionism – starting with the Smoot-Hawley Tariff, which affected thousands of imported goods – triggered retaliatory trade and currency wars that worsened the Great Depression. The Guardian(Jan 03, 2017) That only worsened the sting of the game’s final two minutes. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) This creates a difficult patchwork of laws for businesses that operate in multiple jurisdictions, a problem that will likely worsen over the next four years. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) 1v grow worse Conditions in the slum worsened Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper decline ameliorate, better, improve, meliorate get better ameliorate, amend, better, improve, meliorateto make better inflame become inflamed; get sore come down, sickenget sick degenerate, deteriorate, devolve, dropgrow worse deprive, impoverishtake away failget worse tumblesuffer a sudden downfall, overthrow, or defeat drop away, drop off, fall away, slipget worse sufferget worse lose, sufferbe set at a disadvantage regress, retrograde, retrogressget worse or fall back to a previous condition turn downtake a downward direction fatigue, jade, pall, tire, wearylose interest or become bored with something or somebody wanbecome pale and sickly contract, get, takebe stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness cankerbecome infected with a canker fade, languishbecome feeble rot, wastebecome physically weaker disestablishdeprive (an established church) of its status backslide, lapsedrop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards drop off, fall back, fall behind, lose, recederetreat change state, turn undergo a transformation or a change of position or action 2v make worse Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate ameliorate, amend, better, improve, meliorate to make better ameliorate, better, improve, meliorateget better irritate excite to an abnormal condition, or chafe or inflame inflamecause inflammation in cheapen, degradelower the grade of something; reduce its worth devaluate, devalueremove the value from; deprive of its value chafe, fret, gallbecome or make sore by or as if by rubbing itch, rub, scratchscrape or rub as if to relieve itching alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation |
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