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恶化,增剧,激怒,使加剧

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Exacerbate \Ex*ac"er*bate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Exacerrated};
   p. pr. & vb. n. {Exacerrating}.] [L. exacerbatus, p. p. of
   exacerbare; ex out (intens.) + acerbare. See {Acerbate}.]
   To render more violent or bitter; to irriate; to exasperate;
   to imbitter, as passions or disease. --Broughman.

资料来源 : WordNet®

exacerbate
     v 1: make worse; "This drug aggravates the pain" [syn: {worsen},
          {aggravate}, {exasperate}] [ant: {better}]
     2: exasperate or irritate [syn: {exasperate}, {aggravate}]