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。
• The importance of trade in exacerbating inequality is often overstated.
  贸易在加剧不平等方面的重要性常常被夸大。
• Second, further exacerbating the social gap between rich and poor.
  第二，进一步加剧了社会贫富差距。
• 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。
• The region, in contrast to New York and London, does not have a prominent commodities exchange or clearing house, exacerbating counterparty risk.
  与纽约和伦敦不同，亚洲没有一家知名的大宗商品交易所或结算所，从而增大了对手风险。
• 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。
• This prompts a broader concern for politicians and regulators: that banks 'fear of the unknown will make them even more risk-averse, choking off the supply of credit to the economy and exacerbating an already severe downturn.
  这引起了政治家和监管者更为广泛的忧虑：银行对不确定性的畏惧，将会使它们避险意识上升，从而抑制对经济的信贷供给，并进一步加剧本已严重的低迷。
• 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。
• 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。