一、详细释义:
v.
加重;使恶化 [T]
例句:
Stress and lack of sleep can aggravate the situation.
压力和睡眠不足会使情况恶化。
例句:
He would only aggravate the injury by rubbing it.
他揉擦伤口只会使伤势加重。
激怒;使恼火 [T]
例句:
Talking may aggravate women, but can hardly make knives sharper or fire hotter.
用嘴可以激怒一个女人,可是嘴皮子不能使刀子变得更快或使火烧得更旺。
例句:
His bossy attitude aggravate me.
他的拔扈态度激怒了我。
二、词义辨析:
enhance,heighten,intensify,aggravate
这些动词均有“加强,增强”之意。enhance侧重指增加价值,魅力或声望等使人或物具有超乎寻常的吸引力。 heighten通常指使某物的某种性质变得不同于一般的显著或突出。intensify指深化或强化某事或某物,尤指其特别之处。aggravate指加剧令人不快或困难的形势。
三、参考例句:
Oranges may aggravate arthritis.
橘子可能使关节炎加重。
Pollution can aggravate asthma.
污染会使气喘加重。
His bossy attitude aggravate me.
他的拔扈态度激怒了我。
Don't aggravate me, child.
孩子,不要惹我生气。
Alcohol can aggravate various health problems.
酒精会使许多健康问题加剧。
Stress and lack of sleep can aggravate the situation.
压力和睡眠不足会使情况恶化。
This might irritate your bladder and aggravate your condition.
这可能会刺激您的膀胱,并加剧您的病情。
He would only aggravate the injury by rubbing it.
他揉擦伤口只会使伤势加重。
That is the way to aggravate rather than to resolve the contradictions.
这不是解决矛盾的办法,而是扩大矛盾的办法。
Talking may aggravate women, but can hardly make knives sharper or fire hotter.
用嘴可以激怒一个女人,可是嘴皮子不能使刀子变得更快或使火烧得更旺。