Tra từ worsen - Từ điển LongMan Dictionary

wors‧en/ˈwɜːsən $ ˈwɜːr-/ verb [INTRANSITIVE AND TRANSITIVE]
to become worse or make something worse OPP improve ⇨ deteriorate:
　 ▪ A lot of teachers expect the situation to worsen over the next few years.
　 ▪ Interfering now could worsen the problem.

—worsening adjective:
　 ▪ We are now faced with a worsening economic recession.

verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a situation worsens/deteriorates/gets worse
▪ Reports from the area suggest the situation has worsened.
a worsening/deepening crisis
▪ The strikes came during a worsening economic crisis.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
ADVERB
when
▪ The oppression worsened when Ceausescu came to power in 1965.
▪ The situation worsened when another shutdown began on Dec. 16. and lasted more than three weeks.
NOUN
condition
▪ But on 20 November, his condition worsened, and he took to his bed.
▪ She spent time with her family Sunday, but her condition worsened early yesterday morning.
▪ Miss T.'s father returned to the ward and thought that her condition was worsening and that she appeared disorientated.
▪ Whispered in reverent and regretful tones, the rumors had been floating for the past few weeks that her condition had worsened.
▪ For many people real wages fell and working conditions worsened.
▪ This condition is worsened by the cutting of notches in the joists to house sub-floor services like heating pipes.
▪ He has a delicate and rare skin condition that worsens in sunlight.
problem
▪ The single currency is in trouble, and the problem is worsening.
▪ The problem worsens with the relentless financial pressures for immediate performance in the short run.
▪ Where an institutional view is predominant, preventive efforts are pitched at the secondary level: early intervention to prevent problems worsening.
▪ They predict the problem will only worsen as Tucson continues spiraling outward.
▪ Sister Bernie Galvin, director of Religious Witness, another homeless rights group, said the problem appears to be worsening.
▪ The parents accepted their responsibility for helping Mark, but in spite of their efforts, the problem worsened.
situation
▪ The situation was worsened by the ineptitude and intransigence of the oil companies.
▪ The situation worsened when another shutdown began on Dec. 16. and lasted more than three weeks.
▪ When the petrol situation started to worsen earlier this week the site saw a 300 per cent increase in traffic.
▪ The situation could worsen this year as the government continues to clamp down on credit.
▪ Clients are paying more slowly and over 40 p.c. of firms expect the situation to worsen.
▪ In recent weeks, reports from the area suggest the situation has worsened.
▪ Wright has a short fuse, and without the goals going in his situation is worsening.
▪ From that day onwards the situation worsened.
VERB
continue
▪ Overall, property results continue to worsen with annual returns now running at 6.2 percent.
▪ They should be doubly ashamed by the traffic snarls that years of indecision allowed to continue, and worsen.
▪ These images symbolised the chaos which continues to worsen.
▪ But without it, our condition will continue to worsen.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ worsening economic conditions
▪ Relations between the two countries have steadily worsened.
▪ The government's bungling attempts to help have only worsened the refugees' plight.
▪ The situation was worsened by Roy's tendency to drink heavily in times of stress.
▪ The weather worsened during the night.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Conditions for many minority groups have worsened.
▪ The cost of uniforms and books was becoming prohibitive and the gang scene was worsening at school.
▪ The growth of towns alone produced a rapid worsening of their human and material condition.
▪ The recession has deepened, the huge national debt has increased, the people's lot worsened.
▪ The weather had worsened during the short, delay.
▪ Third, the very bad relations between the presidential administration and the government have worsened sharply.
▪ Thirty percent said a third party would make government better, and 23 percent said it would worsen the situation.
▪ Vacillations between anger and overprotectiveness only worsen the situation.