0 to make something that is already bad even worse -- 使惡化；使加重；使加劇
This attack will exacerbate the already tense relations between the two communities. 這次襲擊將令兩個原本已經處於緊張狀態的團體關係更加惡化。
Problems in recruitment and retention are exacerbated by reports of low morale throughout the profession.
These gains in private technical efficiency raise social costs as the technological resource stock externality is exacerbated.
Because this strengthening typically takes place through a reduction in credit creation, it can produce a credit crunch that exacerbates the recession.
In societies characterised by extreme inequality, the effects of unequal citizen involvement may actually exacerbate the inequitable provision of public security.
This question is undoubtedly difficult to answer since the solutions to some problems exacerbate others.
The involvement of family doctors in administrative tasks takes them away from clinical services exacerbating problems.
Rivalrous relationships are distinct from other dyadic associations inasmuch as violence exacerbates mutual insecurities that already run deep.
The time constraints of the short field season, usually 2-3 months, exacerbate the problems caused by sample transport delays to an offsite laboratory.
