英语词汇“exacerbate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

exacerbateexacerbate /ɪgˈzæsɚˌbeɪt/ ●○○ verb [transitive] formal

ETYMOLOGYexacerbate

Origin: 1600-1700 Latin, past participle of exacerbare, from acerbus bitter

VERB TABLE

exacerbate

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	exacerbate
	he, she, it	exacerbates
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	exacerbated
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have exacerbated
	he, she, it	has exacerbated
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had exacerbated
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will exacerbate
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have exacerbated

Continuous Form
Present	I	am exacerbating
	he, she, it	is exacerbating
	you, we, they	are exacerbating
Past	I, he, she, it	was exacerbating
	you, we, they	were exacerbating
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been exacerbating
	he, she, it	has been exacerbating
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been exacerbating
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be exacerbating
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been exacerbating

to make a bad situation worse: Tiredness can exacerbate the symptoms. His comments have exacerbated racial tensions in the city. [Origin: 1600–1700 Latin, past participle of exacerbare, from acerbus bitter]—exacerbation /ɪgˌzæsɚˈbeɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]