aggravation

英

美

n.  加重；增剧；恶化

复数：aggravations　

IELTS法律

BNC.15429 / COCA.20228

柯林斯词典

• VERB 加重；使恶化；加剧
  If someone or somethingaggravatesa situation, they make it worse.
  1. Stress and lack of sleep can aggravate the situation...
     压力和睡眠不足会使情况恶化。
  2. He would only aggravate the injury by rubbing it.
     他揉擦伤口只会使伤势加重。
• VERB 激怒；使恼火
  If someone or somethingaggravatesyou, they make you annoyed.
  1. What aggravates you most about this country?
     该国的哪一点让你最恼火？

英英释义

noun

• action that makes a problem or a disease (or its symptoms) worse
  1. the aggravation of her condition resulted from lack of care
  Synonym:exacerbation
• unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment
  Synonym:irritationprovocation
• an exasperated feeling of annoyance
  Synonym:exasperation

双语例句

• The irritation and aggravation of the cornea leads to corneal opacities that impair vision.
  对角膜的刺激及恶化可导致影响视力的角膜混浊。
• With the shortage of water resources and aggravation of water supply risk in cities, more and more attention has been paid to the problems of emergency water supply.
  伴随着水资源短缺和城市供水风险的加剧，城市应急供水水源地开发成为维持城市可持续发展的必要条件。
• At present, it is universal to put the blame of the global warming on the aggravation of greenhouse effect caused by the concentration increase of the greenhouse gases.
  目前，普遍将全球增暖归结为温室气体含量增加所导致的温室效应的加剧，这无疑是有一定依据和有道理的。
• I'm just trying to save you aggravation.
  我只是不想惹你生气。
• If your home's full of useless aggravation, then don't bring it to mine.
  如果你的家里也充满了无用的危机感，请不要再带给我。
• It's been a long day and I took my aggravation out on you.
  我今天不大顺心，我不应该把火发到你头上。
• ( informal British usage) aggravation or aggression.
  （英国非正式的用法）侵犯或侵略。
• The aggravation of the situation calls for government intervention.
  情况的恶化需要政府的干预。
• The new secretary left in aggravation when they mentioned her mistakes.
  当他们提到她的错误时，新秘书恼怒地走了。
• Now since we've learned to adapt to new standards which we've created for ourselves, we find that we have less time, less patience, less sleep, which equates to more stress, more worry and more aggravation.
  自从适应了自己定下的新生活标准，我们的时间短了，耐性没了，睡眠少了，但压力大了，焦虑多了，脾气也暴躁了。