Exacerbate (Verb.) 惡化

Definition:

To make more violent, bitter, or severe

To make something that is already bad evenworse

New Headlines 新聞頭條

Covid-19 deaths are the highest they’ve ever been — and the more infectious variants could exacerbate the numbers

Brexit will only exacerbate the inequalities in our society

Pain and fever meds might exacerbate or suppress COVID-19 depending on timing, mouse study suggests

Examples:

If we make this decision it will only exacerbate our profit losses this quarter.

Please don’t exacerbate the situation by bringing more people into the argument.