- of poorer quality or lower standard; less good or desirable(在质量、标准等方面)更坏的, 更差的, 更糟的:
the accommodation was awful and the food was worse.
住宿条件很差, 而伙食更糟。
- more serious or severe更严重的; 更严厉的:
the movement made the pain worse.
活动使疼痛加剧了。
- more reprehensible or evil更应受指责的, 更恶劣的:
it is worse to intend harm than to be indifferent.
有意伤害比漠不关心更恶劣。
- predic. or as complement in a less satisfactory or pleasant condition; more ill or unhappy更不满意的; 更不愉快的; 病情更严重的:
he felt worse, and groped his way back to bed.
他感觉更不舒服, 摸索着回到了床上。
- less well or skillfully更坏, 更差, 更糟:
the more famous I became the worse I painted.
我越出名, 画得越糟。
- more seriously or severely更严重地; 更严厉地:
the others had been drunk too, worse than herself.
其他人也喝醉了, 醉得比她自己还厉害。
- sentence adverb used to introduce a statement of circumstances felt by the speaker to be more serious or undesirable than others already mentioned更糟的是(用于引导句子):
The system will find it hard to sort out property disputes. Even worse, the law will discourage foreign investment.
在这体制下很难解决财产争端。更糟的是, 法律不鼓励外商投资。
- a more serious or unpleasant event or circumstance更严重的情况; 更令人不快的事:
the small department was already stretched to the limit, but worse was to follow.
那个小部门的工作量已经到极限了, 但更糟的情况还在后头。
the worse
a less good, favourable, or pleasant condition更差的情况; 更不利的情况:the weather changed for the worse.
天气恶化了。
none the worse for
- not adversely affected by依然如故:
we were none the worse for our terrible experience.
我们有过可怕的经历但也没受到什么影响。
- not to be considered inferior on account of并不更差:
she was non-academic and none the worse for that.
她并不专业但这也没什么不好。
or worse
- used to suggest a possibility that is still more serious or unpleasant than one already considered, but that the speaker does not wish or need to specify或者更坏, 或者更糟:
the child might be born blind or worse.
那小孩也许天生是个瞎子, 或者更糟。
so much the worse for -
- used to suggest that a problem, failure, or other unfortunate event or situation is the fault of the person specified and that the speaker does not feel any great concern about it更糟, 更加不妙:
if they were daft enough to believe it, so much the worse for them.
如果他们傻到相信这件事, 对他们来说就更加不妙了。
the worse for drink
- rather drunk喝得相当醉的:
he was somewhat the worse for drink at his farewell party.
他在自己的饯行宴上喝得有点太多了。
the worse for wear
- damaged by use or weather over time; battered and shabby穿坏的, 用坏的; 破旧不堪的。
- (of a person) feeling rather unwell, especially as a result of drinking too much alcohol(尤指人喝醉后)十分不舒服的。
worse luck
- 见LUCK.
worse off
- in a less advantageous position; less fortunate or prosperous情况更坏, 处境更糟; 更不幸; 更贫困。