worse
英 [w??s]
美[w?s]
- adj. 更壞的；更差的；更惡劣的（bad的比較級）；（病情）更重的（ill的比較級）
- adv. 更糟；更壞；更惡劣地；更壞地
- n. 更壞的事；更惡劣的事
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中文詞源
worse 更壞
來自Proto-Germanic*wers-izon,更壞，更糟糕，*wers,混亂，糟糕，詞源同war,*izon,比較級后綴。
英文詞源
- worse
- worse: [OE] Worse goes back to prehistoric Germanic *wersizon. This was a comparative formation based on *wers-, which also produced English war and German wirren ‘confuse’. The superlative worst [OE] came from the same base.
- worse (adj.)
- Old English wiersa, wyrsa "worse," from Proto-Germanic *wers-izon- (cognates: Old Saxon wirs, Old Norse verri, Swedish v?rre, Old Frisian wirra, Old High German wirsiro, Gothic wairsiza "worse"), comparative of PIE *wers- (1) "to confuse, mix up" (cognates: Old High German werra "strife," Old Saxon werran "to entangle, compound;" see war (n.)). Used as a comparative of bad, evil, ill or as the opposite of better. The adverb is Old English wyrs; the noun is Old English wyrsa. Phrase for better or for worse is attested from late 14c. (for bet, for wers); to change for the worse is recorded from c. 1400.
雙語例句
- 1. He arrived on January 9, disheveled and much the worse for wear.
- 他是1月9號到的，蓬頭垢面，疲憊不堪。
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- 2. I can't think of a worse way to spend my time.
- 我想不出更糟的消磨時間的辦法。
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- 3. Don't let yourself despair; this will only make matters worse.
- 不要想不開，這樣只能使情況變得更糟。
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- 4. Her condition took a sharp turn for the worse.
- 她的病情突然急劇惡化。
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- 5. Rose was a poor cook and a worse mother.
- 羅絲不太會做飯，更不會當母親。
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