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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Banks could also be forced to raise lending rates, exacerbating the credit crunch felt by many businesses and individuals and further depressing economic activity.
  银行可能还会被迫提高贷款利率，从而加剧许多商业部门和个人已经感受到的信贷紧缩，并进一步抑制经济活动。
• 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。
• 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。
• Commodity analysts and traders blame the export restrictions for exacerbating the 2007-08 food crisis that triggered panic buying among importers.
  大宗商品分析师与交易商认为，这些出口限制措施加剧了2007-08年的粮食危机，引发了进口国家的恐慌购买。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。