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exacerbate
  • Conjugation : past  exacerbated ; ing  exacerbating
  • Derivatives : n  exacerbation
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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

exacerbate [ɪg'zæsɚ.bet] [eks'æsə(ː)beɪt]
  1. 1. vt. 加重病情痛苦烦恼等),使(病、痛恶化(或加剧),使(痛苦等)更甚(或加深
  2. 2. vt. 使烦恼,使发怒,使恼怒激怒,触惹

Collins English-English Dictionary

exacerbate [ɪg'zæsə"beɪt]
  1. 1. vt. [tr] to make (pain, disease, emotion, etc) more intense; aggravate
  2. 2. vt. to exasperate or irritate (a person)
  3. 3. vt. [Etymology] C17: from Latin exacerbare to irritate, from acerbus bitter

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