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

• These institutions, which some people blame for causing, or at least exacerbating, the global crisis, illustrate the boundary problem facing regulators, in which it is difficult to isolate specific institutions, jurisdictions or asset classes within a particular regulatory framework.
  一些人指责这些机构引发了或至少是加重了全球危机。这些机构体现了监管者面临的界限问题：很难在某一个监管框架内，将特定机构、司法辖区或资产类别孤立出来。
• 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。
• And developing countries must improve research and technology development if the world is to avoid exacerbating existing health inequities.
  如果全世界要避免让现有的卫生不平等恶化，发展中国家必须改善研究和技术发展。
• Exacerbating these internal fault lines within western economies are those in the world economy.
  世界经济的内在断层又加剧了西方经济体的内在断层。
• Exacerbating the rising income inequality has been a squeeze in the need for jobs demanding mid-range skills.
  要求具备中等技能的工作需求收紧，更是加剧了收入差距扩大的趋势。
• 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 emissions from heavy-duty vehicles significantly degrade urban and regional air quality, while exacerbating global climate change.
  载重汽车排放在加剧全球气候变化的同时，将严重降低城市和地区空气质量。
• When liquidity appears to be limited, those faced with this uncertainty fear the worst and try to hang on to their capital, exacerbating the lack of liquidity in the markets.
  当流动性出现紧缩势头，面对这种不确定性的交易者担心最坏情况出现并设法紧紧握着他们的资本，这无疑加剧了市场中流动性的缺乏。
• 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。
• Former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan said climate change is exacerbating the problems faced by poor nations.
  前联合国秘书长安南说，气候变化加剧了贫穷国家所面临的问题。