deteriorate
verb [intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they deteriorate | |
| he / she / it deteriorates | |
| past simple deteriorated | |
| past participle deteriorated | |
| -ing form deteriorating |
to become worse 变坏；恶化；退化 Her health deteriorated rapidly, and she died shortly afterwards. 她的健康状况急剧恶化，不久便去世了。 They had to cope with deteriorating weather conditions. 他们不得不应对不断恶化的天气状况。 - deteriorate into something
The discussion quickly deteriorated into an angry argument. 这场讨论迅速演变成愤怒的争吵。
Extra ExamplesTopics Change, cause and effectc1Relations between the two countries have deteriorated further this week. 两国关系本周进一步恶化。 The situation is likely to deteriorate unless something is done now. 除非现在采取措施，否则局势可能会恶化。 The unrest rapidly deteriorated into civil war. 骚乱很快就演变为内战。 The overall quality of rivers and canals has deteriorated. 河流和运河的整体质量已经恶化。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- badly
- seriously
- severely
- …
- begin to
- continue to
- be likely to
- …
- into
Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the sense ‘make worse’): from late Latin deteriorat- ‘worsened’, from the verb deteriorare, from Latin deterior ‘worse’.