deteriorate
英 [dɪ'tɪərɪəreɪt]
美 [dɪ'tɪrɪəret]
助記提示
1. in, in- => interior.
2. ex, ex- => exterior.
3. de, de- => *deterior => deteriorate.
中文詞源
deteriorate 惡化de-, 向下。-ter, 比較級後綴，見interior. 即使更下，惡化。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 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。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Food is apt to deteriorate in summer.
- 食物在夏天愛變質.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 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：為什麽聽憑情況不斷地惡化下去？
來自柯林斯例句
- 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麵戰爭。
來自辭典例句
- 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.
來自辭典例句