基本释义
[verb] become progressively worse
[动词] 变得越来越糟
深入解读
Deteriorate 一词源自拉丁语 deterior （更糟糕、更低级、更劣等、更卑贱），17世纪40年代经晚期拉丁语 deteriorare （变得糟糕；使变得糟糕）的过去分词 deterioratus 进入英语后也是用来指“（使）恶化、变坏、退化、衰退”，普通用词，适用于表示任何在质量、价值、功能等上变得越来越糟的过程或状况，比如：
- 不断恶化的天气状况
deteriorating weather conditions - 这场讨论迅速演变成愤怒的争吵。
The discussion quickly deteriorated into an angry argument.
除此之外， deteriorate 还被用来引申指“（使）解体、磨损”，也就是使分解为组成元素、组成部分或小颗粒等，比如：
- 时间和雨雪风霜使纪念碑风化剥蚀。
Time and elements deteriorated the monument.
图书例句
She walked east along Van Buren Street through a region of lessening importance, until it deteriorated into a mass of shanties and coal-yards, and finally verged upon the river.
她沿着凡布伦街朝东走，穿过一个不太豪华的地段，继续往前走，房子变得越来越一般，渐渐出现了简陋小屋和煤场，最后到了河边。
出自美国现实主义作家西奥多·德莱赛（Theodore Dreiser）创作的长篇小说《嘉莉妹妹》（Sister Carrie）。
外刊例句
- Syria and Swaziland have both seen their scores deteriorate.
叙利亚及斯威士兰的得分均有下滑。
——《经济学人》 - As conditions deteriorate, lawyers say it’s time for last-resort oversight of Rikers Island.
随着情况恶化，律师们表示，是时候对里克斯岛进行最终的监管了。
——《纽约时报》
常见短语
“deteriorate” 这个词的中文解释是 “恶化，变坏”。
以下是包含 “deteriorate” 这个词的50个短语，每个短语都附有中文解释：
- deteriorate rapidly – 快速恶化
- deteriorate over time – 随时间恶化
- Health deteriorates – 健康恶化
- Situation deteriorates – 情况恶化
- deteriorate gradually – 逐渐恶化
- Environment deteriorates – 环境恶化
- Economic deterioration – 经济恶化
- Quality deteriorates – 质量恶化
- Condition deteriorates – 状况恶化
- deteriorate into chaos – 恶化为混乱
- Relationship deteriorates – 关系恶化
- Mental health deterioration – 心理健康恶化
- deteriorate beyond repair – 无法修复的恶化
- deteriorate into violence – 恶化为暴力
- Political deterioration – 政治恶化
- Infrastructure deterioration – 基础设施恶化
- deteriorate into anarchy – 恶化为无政府状态
- Social deterioration – 社会恶化
- Situation rapidly deteriorates – 情况迅速恶化
- deteriorate into disarray – 恶化为混乱
- Health condition deteriorates – 健康状况恶化
- deteriorate into poverty – 恶化为贫困
- Economic situation deteriorates – 经济形势恶化
- deteriorate beyond control – 超出控制的恶化
- deteriorate into conflict – 恶化为冲突
- Environment rapidly deteriorates – 环境迅速恶化
- Physical health deterioration – 身体健康恶化
- deteriorate into decline – 恶化为衰退
- deteriorate into chaos and disorder – 恶化为混乱和无序
- Emotional well-being deterioration – 情感福祉恶化
- deteriorate into unrest – 恶化为动荡
- Condition steadily deteriorates – 状况逐渐恶化
- deteriorate into crisis – 恶化为危机
- Financial deterioration – 财务恶化
- deteriorate into failure – 恶化为失败
- deteriorate into an undesirable state – 恶化为不良状态
- Physical condition deterioration – 身体状况恶化
- deteriorate into chaos and confusion – 恶化为混乱和困惑
- deteriorate into lawlessness – 恶化为无法无天
- deteriorate into unrest and turmoil – 恶化为动荡和混乱
- deteriorate into a state of emergency – 恶化为紧急状态
- deteriorate into poverty and destitution – 恶化为贫困和赤贫
- deteriorate into despair – 恶化为绝望
- deteriorate into darkness – 恶化为黑暗
- deteriorate into decay – 恶化为腐朽
- deteriorate into crisis mode – 恶化为危机模式
- deteriorate into chaos and anarchy – 恶化为混乱和无政府状态
- deteriorate into disrepair – 恶化为破旧
- deteriorate into turmoil – 恶化为骚乱
- deteriorate into instability – 恶化为不稳定
同近义词
worsen: make or become worse
decline: diminish in strength or quality; deteriorate
degenerate: decline or deteriorate physically, mentally, or morally
