deteriorate

[di'tiəriəreit]

v.恶化, 变质, 衰退

vi.

恶化; 质量(或价值)下降; 退化; 堕落

Relations between the two countries have deteriorated sharply in recent weeks.

最近几周那两个国家间的关系严重恶化了。

vt.

使恶化; 使下降; 使退化; 使堕落

词形变化

形容词: deteriorative | 名词: deterioration | 动词过去式: deteriorated | 动词过去分词: deteriorated | 动词现在分词: deteriorating | 动词第三人称单数: deteriorates |

词义辨析

同义:

v.(使)恶化

degenerate  decline  sink  worsen  slip  slide  go downhill  go to the dogs  depreciate

v.(使)败坏

corrupt  vitiate  pollute  contaminate  taint  sully  debauch  pervert  subvert  degrade

v.(使)退化

disintegrate  break up  fall apart  erode  ablate  wear away  decay  crumble  corrode  rot  decompose  

同义参见:

wilt  wear  alloy  wither  rust  mold  

反义:

vi.恶化; 降低; 堕落

ameliorate  improve  

反义参见:

mitigate  

英英释义

动词 deteriorate:

become worse or disintegrate

grow worse

同义词：devolve, drop, degenerate

补充

deterioratedeteriorate英:[diˈtiəriəreit] 美:[dɪˈtɪriəˌret]vi.1.恶化, 变坏Idle houses deteriorate.闲置不用的房子会渗漏衰败。

例句

1. Grant's health steadily deteriorated.格兰特的健康状况持续恶化。 2. The Mongolian economy was deteriorating at an alarming rate.蒙古经济在以令人惊异的速度衰退。 3. There are fears that the situation might deteriorate into full-scale war.人们担心形势可能恶化而演变成一场全面战争。 4. The railway is deteriorating owing to neglect.因为疏于管理, 铁路正在磨损。 5. This greatly deteriorated the value of the property.这极大地降低了这处房产的价值。 6. The patient's condition has deteriorated over the last few hours.几个钟头前病人的病情已恶化。 7. The air quality has deteriorated these past few days.前几天空气质量已下降。 8. Car deteriorates rapidly if it is not taken care of.汽车不保养就磨损很快。 9. A hot weather deteriorates milk.炎热天气会使牛奶变质。 10. The war has deteriorated the situation in the region.战争使当地形势恶化。 11. The revolutionary war has deteriorated the country.这场革命战争已使该国解体。 12. relations between the countries had deteriorated sharply.国家间的关系急剧恶化。 13. [as adj. deteriorating]deteriorating economic conditions.恶化的经济状况。 14. The political tension is deteriorating into civil war.政治局势日益紧张，快演变为内战。 15. The weather gradually deteriorated [=worsened] as the day went on.这一天下来，天气越来越糟。 16. Her health continues to deteriorate. [=decline]她的健康持续恶化。 17. efforts to save a deteriorating rain forest拯救正在退化的雨林的努力 18. The disagreement deteriorated into a fight. [=the disagreement got worse and eventually became a fight]争议最终演变成了冲突。 19. Exposure to rain and sun will gradually deteriorate the paint.漆暴露在雨水和阳光中会逐渐受损。 20. "a deteriorated [=run-down, dilapidated] building"危房 21. a badly deteriorated part of the city这座城市非常衰败的一个地区