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of poorer quality or lower standard; less good or more unpleasant 更差的;更糟的;更坏的 The rooms were awful and the food was worse. 房间很糟糕,吃的更差。 The weather got worse during the day. 日间天气变得更恶劣了。 I've been to far worse places. 我到过糟糕得多的地方。 - worse than something
The film was no worse than many others he made in the 1930s. 这部电影不比他在20世纪30年代制作的许多其他电影差。 The interview was much worse than he had expected. 这次面试比他预计的要糟得多。 The area seemed almost worse than the city he had left. 这个地区似乎比他离开的那个城市还要糟。 - worse than doing something
There's nothing worse than going out in the cold with wet hair. 没有比在大冷天头发湿着外出更糟糕的了。 - worse for somebody/something
It's much worse for the parents than it is for the child. 这对父母的影响比对孩子更严重。
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more serious or severe 更严重的;更严厉的 They were trying to prevent an even worse tragedy. 他们正在设法避免更大的悲剧发生。 The crisis was getting worse and worse. 危机越来越严重了。 Don't tell her that—you'll only make things worse. 别把这事告诉她,你只会火上浇油。 Could things get any worse? 事情会变得更糟吗? Never mind—it could be worse (= although the situation is bad, it is not as bad as it might have been). 没关系,原本可能还要更糟。 - worse than (doing) something
The situation was worse than he had imagined. 情况比他想象的还要糟糕。 It's not just the government's poor ratings in the opinion polls. It's worse than that. 不仅仅是政府在民意调查中的糟糕评级。还不止这些。 Killing someone is considered morally worse than letting them die. 杀人被认为在道德上比让他们去死更糟糕。
Extra ExamplesIgnoring the problem will make it worse. 忽视这个问题会把情况弄得更糟。 The news got dramatically worse. 消息变得越来越糟糕。 The problem became progressively worse. 问题变得越来越严重。 The problem is getting worse all the time. 问题一直在恶化。 Things could be a sight worse (= much worse) than they are. 情况可能比现在糟糕得多。 Things were about to get very much worse. 情况将变得糟糕得多。 We've run out of coffee. Worse still, we can't get any more until tomorrow. 咖啡已经喝完了。更糟糕的是,我们必须等到明天才能有新的。
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more ill or unhappy 病情更重;健康恶化;更不愉快 If he gets any worse, we'll call the doctor. 要是他的病情恶化,我们就请医生。 - worse than…
He told her she'd let them down and she felt worse than ever. 他对她说,她让他们失望了,于是她难过极了。 She seems worse than she was yesterday. 她似乎比昨天更糟了。
Extra ExamplesI feel even worse today! 我今天感觉更差! The pain grew worse. 疼痛越来越厉害了。
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Word OriginOld English wyrsa, wiersa (adjective), wiers (adverb), of Germanic origin; related to war.
Idioms
somebody’s bark is worse than their bite
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used to say that somebody is not really as angry or as aggressive as they sound 嘴硬心软;说话强硬,其实并不伤人;貌似凶狠
come off worse
to lose a fight, competition, etc. or suffer more compared with others (战斗、比赛等)失败,输得更惨
a fate worse than death
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a terrible thing that could happen (可能发生的)极可怕的事 At the last minute the hero saves her from a fate worse than death. 在最后一刻,英雄将她从比死亡更糟糕的命运中拯救出来。
Extra ExamplesGetting married seemed a fate worse than death. 结婚似乎比死还要难受。 Obeying her parents' wishes for her life seemed a fate worse than death. 她一辈子都听从父母的安排,真还不如死了呢。
go from bad to worse
(of a bad condition, situation, etc. )不好的情况、局势等 to get even worse 每况愈下;越来越糟
worse luck!