aggravate
aggravate
ag·gra·vate / ˈægrəˌvet ; ˈægrəveɪt /verb T
1. to make a bad situation, an illness, or an injury worse使加重; 使恶化;ANTimprove
•Their money problems were further aggravated by a rise in interest rates.由于利率上调，他们的财务问题更加糟糕。
•Building the new road will only aggravate the situation .建造那条新路只会使局势恶化。
2. to make someone angry or annoyed惹怒，激怒;SYNirritate•What really aggravates me is the way she won't listen.让我大为生气的是她不听。
—aggravating adj.—aggravatingly adv.
—aggravation / ˌægrəˈveʃən ; ˌægrəˈveɪʃən / noun C,U
热门单词
- be laced with
- be laid up (with )
- belated
- belatedly
- be laughed out of court
- be laughed out of town / business etc
- be laughing
- be laughing all the way to the bank
- belay
- belch
- beleaguered
- be left
- be (left) on the shelf
- be left unsaid
- be let off lightly
- be level-pegging
- belfry
- Belgian
- belie
- be / lie at the bottom of
- belief
