aggravation
aggravation 英 [,ægrə'veɪʃn] 美 [,ægrə'veʃən]
n. 加剧；激怒；更恶化
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- n. 加剧；激怒；更恶化
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1. Conflict by itself is not horrible, but its aggravation is.
出现矛盾不可怕, 可怕的是激化矛盾.
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2. The aggravation of her condition resulted from lack of care.
她病情的恶化是由缺少照料造成的.
- aggravation (n.) late 15c., "an increasing in gravity or seriousness," from Middle French aggravation, from Late Latin aggravationem (nominative aggravatio), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin aggravare "make heavier," figuratively "to embarrass further, increase in oppressiveness," from ad "to" (see ad-) + gravare "weigh down," from gravis "heavy" (from PIE root *gwere- (1) "heavy"). Sense of "irritation" is from 1610s.
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