- When something gets worse due to neglect or an unfortunate health problem, stuff starts to deteriorate — or fall apart.
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- vi. 恶化，变坏
- vt. 恶化
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1. 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。
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2. deteriorating weather conditions
不断恶化的天气状况
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3. The discussion quickly deteriorated into an angry argument.
这场讨论迅速演变成愤怒的争吵。
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4. a serious deterioration in relations between the two countries
两国关系的严重恶化
- deteriorate (v.) 1640s (as a past-participle adjective, 1570s), from Late Latin deterioratus, past participle of deteriorare "get worse, make worse," from Latin deterior "worse, lower, inferior, meaner," contrastive of *deter "bad, lower," from PIE *de-tero-, from demonstrative stem *de- (see de). Originally transitive in English; intransitive sense is from 1758. Related: Deteriorated; deteriorating.
de·teri·or·ate / dɪˈtɪəriəreɪt ; NAmE dɪˈtɪriəreɪt / verb [intransitive ] to become worse 变坏；恶化；退化 ◆ 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。 ◆ deteriorating weather conditions 不断恶化的天气状况 deteriorateinto sth ◆ The discussion quickly deteriorated into an angry argument. 这场讨论迅速演变成愤怒的争吵。 ▶ de·teri·or·ation deterioration deteriorations / dɪˌtɪəriəˈreɪʃn ; NAmE dɪˌtɪriəˈreɪʃn / noun [uncountable , countable ] ◆ a serious deterioration in relations between the two countries 两国关系的严重恶化 deteriorate deteriorates deteriorated deteriorating de·teri·or·ate / dɪˈtɪəriəreɪt ; NAmE dɪˈtɪriəreɪt / de·teri·or·ation / dɪˌtɪəriəˈreɪʃn ; NAmE dɪˌtɪriəˈreɪʃn /
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