exacerbating

英 [ɪɡˈzæsəbeɪtɪŋ]

美 [ɪɡˈzæsərbeɪtɪŋ]

v.  使恶化; 使加剧; 使加重
exacerbate的现在分词

柯林斯词典

• VERB 使恶化;使加剧
  If somethingexacerbatesa problem or bad situation, it makes it worse.
  1. Mr Powell-Taylor says that depopulation exacerbates the problem...
     鲍威尔-泰勒先生说人口的急剧减少使得该问题更加严重。
  2. Longstanding poverty has been exacerbated by racial divisions.
     种族分化已经加剧了长期的贫困问题。

英英释义

adj

• making worse
  Synonym:aggravatingexasperating

双语例句

• The Asia financial crisis and the SARS epidemic were devastating blows to the territory in 1998 and 2002 respectively, but public policy controlling the supply of land and the provision of public housing was widely blamed for exacerbating and prolonging the property market decline.
  亚洲金融危机和非典（sars）疫情分别在1998年和2002年对香港造成了毁灭性打击，但人们普遍将控制土地供应和公屋供应的公共政策归咎为加剧并延长房地产市场滑坡的罪魁祸首。
• The rise of the dollar also appears to be exacerbating the weakness of inflation.
  美元上涨似乎加剧了通胀率的走低。
• Purchasers of leasehold property might also have difficulty arranging financing, exacerbating a long-standing frustration for non-Japanese buyers.
  购买建于租赁地上的房屋还可能会遭遇融资难，这进一步挫伤了非日本国民在此置业的积极性，这个问题长期以来一直困扰着他们。
• At its heart lies a vicious circle, with financial fragility bringing pain to the real economy, and rising unemployment and falling incomes exacerbating vulnerability and spreading it to more banks and other parts of the global financial system.
  其核心是一种恶性循环：金融业的脆弱给实体经济造成痛苦，而不断上升的失业率和日益下降的收入使经济更加脆弱，并蔓延至更多的银行和全球金融体系的其它领域。
• Turkish dam projects have also played a role in drying out Iraqi wetlands downstream and exacerbating tensions in Syria.
  土耳其的一些水坝项目也在一定程度上导致处在下游的伊拉克湿地干涸，并加剧了叙利亚的紧张局势。
• Nevertheless, the oil price rise has increased inflationary pressures and trade deficits in some of the developed countries, as well as exacerbating tensions over the level of gasoline taxes.
  不过，石油价格攀升增加了部分发达国家的通胀压力和贸易赤字，加剧了高额汽油税引发的的紧张状况。
• Cell inflammation in these areas accelerates neuron damage, exacerbating the disease.
  此区域的细胞炎症可促进神经元损伤，使该病恶化。
• That increased the spread between the rates for Treasuries and mortgages, exacerbating the crisis that officials had been trying to resolve.
  这扩大了美国国债与按揭利率之间的息差，从而进一步加剧了政府官员努力想解决的危机。
• Furthermore, regulatory reform efforts are exacerbating this weakness by encouraging banks to deleverage.
  此外，通过鼓励银行去杠杆化，监管改革也加剧了这种疲软。
• Compared with a decade ago, there have been growing concerns that overpopulation is exacerbating environmental pressures and triggering conflicts and competition for food, water, energy and land.
  与十年前相比，人口过剩加重了环境负担，引发了对食品、水、能源和土地的争夺和竞争。