aggravate

动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To make (an offence) worse or more severe; to increase in offensiveness or heinousness.
    — Once more, the more to aggrauate the note, With a foule Traitors name ſtuffe I thy throte, And wiſh (ſo pleaſe my Soueraigne) ere I moue, What my tong ſpeaks, my right drawn ſword may proue
  2. To make (any bad thing) worse. broadly
    — to aggravate my woes.
  3. To give extra weight or intensity to; to exaggerate, to magnify. archaic
    — He aggravated the story.
  4. To pile or heap (something heavy or onerous) on or upon someone. obsolete
    — In order to lighten the crown still further, they aggravated responsibility on ministers of state.
  5. To exasperate; to provoke or irritate. colloquial,often,proscribed
    — If both were to aggravate her parents, as my brother and sister do mine.
形容词 adj.
  1. Aggravated. obsolete
  2. Loaded, burdened, weighed down. obsolete
  3. Heightened, intensified. obsolete
  4. Under ecclesiastical censure, excommunicated. obsolete

词形变化

aggravates present,singular,third-person aggravating participle,present aggravated participle,past aggravated past more aggravate comparative most aggravate superlative

词汇关系

近义词
adulterate aggravate alloy canker contaminate corrupt debase debauch defile deflower degrade deteriorate downgrade envenom exasperate exacerbate infect impair leaven pejorate set back stain sophisticate uplift vitiate weaken
反义词
ameliorate improve mitigate repair restore
上位词
alter diminish
衍生词
aggravatable aggravative aggravator aggro overaggravate reaggravate
相关词
aggravation worsen make matters worse

词源

词源 1
The adjective is first attested in 1471 in Middle English, the verb in 1530; from Latin aggravātus, perfect passive participle of aggravō (“to add to the weight of, make worse, oppress, annoy”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from ad- (“to”) + gravō (“to make heavy”), from gravis (“heavy”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). See grave and compare aggrieve and aggrege. Participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English. By surface analysis, ag- + grave (“heavy”) + -ate (“verb suffix”).
词源 2
The adjective is first attested in 1471 in Middle English, the verb in 1530; from Latin aggravātus, perfect passive participle of aggravō (“to add to the weight of, make worse, oppress, annoy”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from ad- (“to”) + gravō (“to make heavy”), from gravis (“heavy”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). See grave and compare aggrieve and aggrege. Participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English. By surface analysis, ag- + grave (“heavy”) + -ate (“verb suffix”).
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