| 单词 | deteriorate |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [di'tiəriəreit] |
| 解释 | v.(使)变坏，恶化 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 v. (使)变坏，恶化 (to make or become worse; depreciate) 【考】 反义词：improvement (改进) 【记】 来自拉丁文deterior( 糟糕的)+ate→变糟， 恶化; 【同】 参考：superior(高级 的)；inferior(低级 的)派生词：deteriorati on(n.恶化) |
| 字源 | deteriorate (v.) 1640s (as a past participle adjective, 1570s), from Late Latin deterioratus, past participle of deteriorare "get worse, make worse," from Latin deterior "worse, lower, inferior, meaner," contrastive of *deter "bad, lower," from PIE *de-tero-, from demonstrative stem *de- (see de). Originally transitive in English; intransitive sense is from 1758. Related: Deteriorated; deteriorating. |
| 不择手段背单词 | v. (使)恶化(降低质量, 性质或价值) = depreciate 【记】源自拉丁语 deterior变坏 【参】superior(adj 高级的); inferior(adj 低级的)deterioration(n 变坏; 退化; 堕落) 【反】improvement(n 改进) |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】de否定 + material 物质，物质解体；de inferior 使变次 【相关】inferior 较差的，posterior 较晚的，prior 优先的，superior 较高的，ulterior 更远的， |
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