vt.恶化；严重
Scratching can aggravate the rash. 搔痒会使疹子发炎。
The Europeans' appeasement policy towards irrational regimes would only aggravate the hidden dangers. 欧洲国家对非理性政权的绥靖政策,只会让潜在危机恶化。
This will aggravate the current scarcity of natural resources caused by environmental degradation. 这将会加剧由环境恶化而导致的自然资源匮乏的情况。
The lack of rain aggravated the already serious shortage of food. 干旱少雨使原本就很严重的粮食短缺问题更加严重。
aggravate的基本意思是“使恶化,使更严重”,一般指使疾病、情况、罪过等恶化、加重、加剧,也可作“激怒,使恼火”解。
aggravate是及物动词,接名词或代词作宾语,可用于被动结构。
