deteriorate

英 [d?'t??r??re?t] 美[d?'t?r??ret]

反義詞

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第三人稱單數:?deteriorates;過去式:?deteriorated;過去分詞:?deteriorated;現在分詞:?deteriorating;名詞:?deterioration;

1. in, in- => interior.
2. ex, ex- => exterior.
3. de, de- => *deterior => deteriorate.

deteriorate 惡化

de-, 向下。-ter, 比較級后綴，見interior. 即使更下，惡化。

deteriorate: deteriorate: [16] The meaning of deteriorate resides etymologically in its first syllable, which represents the Latin preposition dē ‘down’. To this was added the adjectival suffix -ter, to produce *dēter ‘bad’, and this in turn was modified with the comparative suffix -ior to dēterior ‘worse’. Dēterior formed the basis of the verb dēteriorāre ‘get worse’, source of English deteriorate.
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.

1. The position of the have-nots in our society could deteriorate even further.: 窮人的社會地位可能會進一步惡化。

3. Police, weary and increasingly sour in mood, wonder aloud why the situation has been allowed to deteriorate.: 警察們疲憊不堪，心情也越來越糟糕，他們不禁滿腹狐疑地問：為什么聽憑情況不斷地惡化下去？

4. There are fears that the situation might deteriorate into full-scale war.: 人們擔心形勢可能惡化而演變成一場全面戰爭。

5. This food will deteriorate rapidly on contact with air.: 這種食物一接觸到空氣即迅速變壞.