exacerbating是什么意思？

exacerbating

• v. 使恶化，使加重( exacerbate的现在分词 )；

例句

• In fact, modern lifestyles are actually exacerbating the gap between male and female life expectancies. 实际上, 现代生活方式确实加大了男女寿命差别的鸿沟.
• Caused by number of idle rural labor force, further exacerbating the urban - rural dual economic antagonism. 造成农村劳动力大量闲置, 进一步加剧了城乡二元经济对立.
• Agriculture also stands accused of exacerbating sexual inequality. 农业受到的另一指责为加重了性别歧视.
• High fertilizer prices are exacerbating the problem. 高涨的肥料价格更加加剧了问题的恶化.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  使恶化;使加剧
  If something exacerbates a problem or bad situation, it makes it worse.
  例句
  Mr Powell-Taylor says that depopulation exacerbates the problem... 鲍威尔-泰勒先生说人口的急剧减少使得该问题更加严重。 Longstanding poverty has been exacerbated by racial divisions. 种族分化已经加剧了长期的贫困问题。

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. making worse