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考研英语外刊阅读 · 公众号 · · 2021-01-16 19:49

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exacerbate

英 [ɪɡˈzæsəbeɪt] 美 [ɪɡˈzæsərbeɪt]

英汉释义

exacerbate

vt. 使加剧；使恶化；激怒

[ 过去式 exacerbated 过去分词 exacerbated 现在分词 exacerbating 第三人称单数 exacerbates ]

英英释义

1.V-T If something exacerbates a problem or bad situation, it makes it worse. 使…恶化 [正式]

例：

Longstanding poverty has been exacerbated by racial divisions.

由来已久的贫穷因种族分裂而更加恶化了。

2. exacerbation N-UNCOUNT 恶化

例：

...the exacerbation of global problems.

…全球问题的恶化。

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记忆方法

1. ex- "thoroughly" + acerb- + -ate.

2. => provoke, irritate, exacerbate.

词源记忆

【中文词源】：

ex-, 向外。-acerb, 尖，酸，词源同acid, acerbity.

【英语词源】：

1650s, a back-formation from exacerbation or else from Latin exacerbatus, past participle of exacerbare "irritate, provoke." Related: Exacerbated; exacerbating.

词根词缀

词根词缀：acerb-, acerbo-; acri-, acrid-

【来源及含义】Latin: bitter, sharp, sour, stinging

【相关描述】Formed from a blend of Latin acer- (feminine acris, neuter acre) which are both related to Latin acus, "needle"; acies, "sharp edge, point, the front of an army, line of battle, battle array"; and acuere, "to sharpen".

【相关词根词缀】 Cross references of word families that are related directly, or indirectly, to: "sour, sharp": aceto-; acid-; acies- (not "sour"); acuto- (not "sour"); oxy-; pung- (not "sour").

【同源单词】acerbate, acerbic, acerbity, acerbophobia, acerophobia, acerose