de·te·ri·o·rate
verb/dɪˈtɪəriəreɪt/
/dɪˈtɪriəreɪt/
[intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they deteriorate | /dɪˈtɪəriəreɪt/ /dɪˈtɪriəreɪt/ |
| he / she / it deteriorates | /dɪˈtɪəriəreɪts/ /dɪˈtɪriəreɪts/ |
| past simple deteriorated | /dɪˈtɪəriəreɪtɪd/ /dɪˈtɪriəreɪtɪd/ |
| past participle deteriorated | /dɪˈtɪəriəreɪtɪd/ /dɪˈtɪriəreɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form deteriorating | /dɪˈtɪəriəreɪtɪŋ/ /dɪˈtɪriəreɪtɪŋ/ |
- to become worse
变差；变糟 - Her health deteriorated rapidly, and she died shortly afterwards.
她的健康状况急剧恶化，不久便去世了。 - They had to cope with deteriorating weather conditions.
他们必须应对日益恶化的天气条件。 - deteriorate into something The discussion quickly deteriorated into an angry argument.
这场讨论迅速演变成愤怒的争吵。
Extra ExamplesTopics Change, cause and effectc1- Relations between the two countries have deteriorated further this week.
本周两国关系进一步恶化。 - The situation is likely to deteriorate unless something is done now.
除非现在采取行动，否则情况可能会恶化。 - The unrest rapidly deteriorated into civil war.
骚乱很快就演变为内战。 - The overall quality of rivers and canals has deteriorated.
河流和运河的整体质量已经恶化。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- badly
- seriously
- severely
- …
- begin to
- continue to
- be likely to
- …
- into
Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the sense ‘make worse’): from late Latin deteriorat- ‘worsened’, from the verb deteriorare, from Latin deterior ‘worse’. - Her health deteriorated rapidly, and she died shortly afterwards.