what it means
Exacerbate needs a problem already there. You cannot exacerbate a good day; you exacerbate a shortage, an injury, a delay. The Latin behind it is acerbus, bitter — to exacerbate is to make a thing more bitter than it already was. Watch the drawing: the fire is small and a man is cold. Then the newspaper goes on, and on, and the little fire becomes the thing with a face. Nobody in the picture set out to do harm, and that is the ordinary case. The word points at what was added, not at who started it, which is why reports keep the cause and the exacerbation apart.
Exacerbate necesita un problema que ya está ahí: no exacerbas un buen día, exacerbas una escasez, una lesión, un retraso. Detrás está el latín acerbus, amargo: hacer algo más amargo de lo que ya era. En el dibujo el fuego era pequeño; luego llega el periódico, y otro, y el fuego cría cara. Nadie quería hacer daño.
Exacerbate precisa de um problema que já existe: não se exacerba um bom dia, exacerba-se uma falta, uma lesão, um atraso. Atrás está o latim acerbus, amargo — tornar mais amargo do que já era. No desenho o fogo era pequeno; aí vem o jornal, e mais outro, e o fogo ganha cara. Ninguém ali queria fazer mal.
Exacerbate exige un problème déjà là : on n'exacerbe pas une bonne journée, on exacerbe une pénurie, une blessure, un retard. Derrière, le latin acerbus, amer — rendre plus amer que ce ne l'était déjà. Sur le dessin, le feu était petit ; puis vient le journal, encore un, et le feu se fabrique un visage. Personne ne voulait nuire.
Exacerbate selalu butuh masalah yang sudah ada. Bukan hari yang baik yang diperburuk, melainkan kekurangan, cedera, keterlambatan. Akarnya Latin acerbus, pahit: membuat sesuatu lebih pahit daripada sebelumnya. Di gambar, api tadinya kecil; lalu koran masuk, lalu satu lagi, dan api itu tumbuh berwajah.
Exacerbate zaten var olan bir sorunu ister: iyi bir günü değil, bir kıtlığı, bir sakatlığı, bir gecikmeyi kötüleştirirsiniz. Kökü Latince acerbus, acı — bir şeyi olduğundan daha acı hâle getirmek. Resimde ateş küçüktü; sonra gazete geldi, bir tane daha, ve ateş yüz edindi.
exacerbate は、すでにある問題を必要とします。良い一日を悪化させることはできません。悪化するのは、不足であり、けがであり、遅れです。語源はラテン語の acerbus「苦い」。もとより苦かったものを、さらに苦くすること。絵では小さかった火に新聞が入り、また一枚入って、火は顔を持つものになります。
verb
to make an already bad thing worse
“The heat exacerbated the water shortage.”
verb
to worsen a condition or an injury
“Running on it exacerbated the old knee injury.”
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