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 ag·gra·vate /ˈægrəˌvet/
 (v.)加重,使惡化;激怒,惹惱

 ag·gra·vate /ˈægrəˌvet/ 及物動詞
 加重,惡化

 Ag·gra·vate v. t. [imp. & p. p. Aggravated p. pr. & vb. n. Aggravating.]
 1. To make heavy or heavier; to add to; to increase. [Obs.] “To aggravate thy store.”
 2. To make worse, or more severe; to render less tolerable or less excusable; to make more offensive; to enhance; to intensify. “To aggravate my woes.”
    To aggravate the horrors of the scene.   --Prescott.
    The defense made by the prisoner's counsel did rather aggravate than extenuate his crime.   --Addison.
 3. To give coloring to in description; to exaggerate; as, to aggravate circumstances.
 4. To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate. [Colloq.]
    If both were to aggravate her parents, as my brother and sister do mine.   --Richardson (Clarissa).
 Syn: -- To heighten; intensify; increase; magnify; exaggerate; provoke; irritate; exasperate.
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 aggravate
      v 1: make worse; "This drug aggravates the pain" [syn: worsen,
           exacerbate, exasperate] [ant: better]
      2: exasperate or irritate [syn: exacerbate, exasperate]