aggravate
加重；惡化·惹惱
分清讓事情惡化與惹惱人
Walking too far aggravated the pain in his injured knee.
走得太遠加重了他受傷膝蓋的疼痛。
一個畫面：越來越難受
加重問題使問題、傷勢或情況更糟。
惹人心煩使人惱怒或不耐。
義項
加重問題B2verb加重；惡化
Walking too far aggravated the pain in his injured knee.
走得太遠加重了他受傷膝蓋的疼痛。
aggravate painaggravate a situation
惹人心煩B2verb惹惱
The constant noise from the street aggravated everyone in the room.
街上持續的噪音惹惱了房裡每個人。
aggravate someonebe aggravated by noise
片語
aggravating circumstances問題加深 →使情況加重的因素
an aggravated injury傷勢變重 →加重的傷勢
你會不會這樣說？
下面哪一句的 aggravate 用得對？ 第一句：A warm bath aggravated his sore back, so he went to bed early. 第二句：Standing all day aggravated his sore back, so he went to bed early. （第一句／第二句）
看答案
第二句
aggravate 指使傷痛更重，站一整天才可能加重背痛。
下面哪一句的 aggravate 用得對？ 第一句：The sudden loud music aggravated Ken, so he took a walk outside. 第二句：The sudden good news aggravated Ken, so he took a walk outside. （第一句／第二句）
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第一句
aggravate 也指惹惱人，好消息不會惹惱 Ken。
字族
aggravation 惡化；惱怒