exacerbating
悪化する
解説 Definition
exacerbating は exacerbate(悪化させる)の現在分詞で、問題や病状などをさらに悪化させているという意味です。自然災害、対立、健康状態など、すでに悪い状況をより深刻にする場合に使われます。
Present participle of exacerbate, meaning to make an already difficult, harmful, or unpleasant situation more severe. It commonly describes factors that intensify problems, damage, conflict, symptoms, shortages, or tension.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 exacerbate の語末 e を落として -ing を付けた現在分詞で、exacerbating となります。「すでに悪いものをさらに深刻にする」が核心で、rain exacerbating flood damage、delays exacerbating problems のように、原因+悪化する問題・被害・緊張の組み合わせで覚えましょう。単なる変化ではなく悪化を表します。
Form exacerbating from exacerbate by dropping the final silent e and adding -ing. Its core meaning is making something already bad become worse, not merely causing a neutral change. Picture heavy rain adding to existing flood damage or poor communication increasing tension between teams. Learn common pairings such as exacerbating a problem, crisis, shortage, symptom, or conflict. Compare it with aggravating: both can mean worsening, but exacerbate is especially common in formal writing about conditions and situations, whereas aggravate can also refer to irritating a person.
例文
The heavy rain is exacerbating the flood damage.
大雨が洪水の被害をさらに悪化させています。
Poor communication was exacerbating the tension between the teams.
不十分な意思疎通がチーム間の緊張を悪化させていました。
Long delays are exacerbating the problems faced by small suppliers.
長い遅れが小規模な供給業者の直面する問題を悪化させています。
exacerbating の類義語・関連語
exacerbating の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 exacerbare(より苛烈にする)から。ex-(強調)+ acerbus(苦い・厳しい)の構成。acerbusは英語 acerbic(辛辣な)の語源でもある。「苦さを増す」→「状態を悪化させる」という意味の流れで覚えやすい。
Exacerbating is the present participle of exacerbate, formed by dropping the final e and adding -ing. Exacerbate comes from Latin exacerbāre, meaning to make harsh, bitter, or severe. It contains ex-, used intensively, and a base related to acerbus, meaning bitter, harsh, or unripe. Acerbic is historically related. The development from increasing bitterness or harshness to worsening a condition is reflected in its modern meaning.
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