记忆方法
1. ex- "thoroughly" + acerb- + -ate.
2. => provoke, irritate, exacerbate.
2. => provoke, irritate, exacerbate.
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词族 · exacerbate
中文词源
exacerbate 使恶化，加剧
ex-, 向外。-acerb, 尖，酸，词源同acid, acerbity.
英语词源
- exacerbate (v.)
- 1650s, a back-formation from exacerbation or else from Latin exacerbatus, past participle of exacerbare "irritate, provoke." Related: Exacerbated; exacerbating.
权威例句
- 1. The straight - chain alkanes exacerbate the problem of engine " knock ".
- 直链烷烃使机器的 “ 爆震 ” 问题更加严重.
- 2. Remedial action is always expensive and, in some cases, may actually exacerbate the problem.
- 补救工作总是代价很大,并且在某些时候反而会使问题更严重.
- 3. Do policies in industrial countries ease or exacerbate the difficulties faced by developing countries?
- 工业国的政策减轻还是加重了发展中国家面临的困难?
- 4. Chronic pain can exacerbate or prolong the function disability of the patients.
- 慢性疼痛可加重或延长脑外伤病人的功能残疾.
- 5. WMO says a warming climate can exacerbate air pollution.
- 世界气象组织说,气候变暖可能会加剧空气污染.