vt.惡化；嚴重

Scratching can aggravate the rash. 搔癢會使疹子發(fā)炎。

The Europeans' appeasement policy towards irrational regimes would only aggravate the hidden dangers. 歐洲國家對非理性政權的綏靖政策,只會讓潛在危機惡化。

This will aggravate the current scarcity of natural resources caused by environmental degradation. 這將會加劇由環(huán)境惡化而導致的自然資源匱乏的情況。

The lack of rain aggravated the already serious shortage of food. 干旱少雨使原本就很嚴重的糧食短缺問題更加嚴重。

aggravate的基本意思是“使惡化,使更嚴重”,一般指使疾病、情況、罪過等惡化、加重、加劇,也可作“激怒,使惱火”解。

aggravate是及物動詞,接名詞或代詞作賓語,可用于被動結構。