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543. Deteriorate - English Vocabulary - Deteriorate / Deterioration

by 정이로운 잉여생활 2022. 12. 10.
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Deteriorate : 악화되다, 더 나빠지다, 악화시키다
Deterioration : 악화, 저하
Deteriorated : 저하된,악화된

 

1)
If something deteriorates, it becomes worse, it gets worse
the health of the old man deteriorated as the years went by
to get worse
to be less efficient
to become progressively worse and worse
to worsen if you like
to impair
if you varnish this wood which is outside, you need to have a varnish that is ultraviolet stabilized, otherwise the sunlight will deteriorate the varnish
the varnish will deteriorate or the sunlight will deteriorate the varnish

so notice, this verb is ergative. it can go in both directions
to worse or to make something worse
drugs and alcohol deteriorate cause deterioration of your health
your health will deteriorate
to weaken
to degenerate
to get worse
this house has been neglected and we can see how deteriorated the house is nowadays
the weathered situation deteriorated and we have to go home
infrastructure is not maintained and steadily deteriorating, is getting worse, is becoming less usefull
it's going to pot
it's going too the dogs
it's degrading
it's failing
it's going downhill
it's going to rack and ruin 
it's disintegrating
they use radiation particularly x-rays to keep fresh food from deteriorating
a situation deteriorates
it's either to deteriorates something or something deteriorate

 

2)
notice, it's very common to use an adverb after deteriorate
to deteriorate badly
to deteriorate dramatically
to deteriorate further
to deteriorate physically
to deteriorate sharply
to deteriorate quickly 
we've got lots and lots of good adverbs to be able to be used with this verb deteriorate

 


Formality : 6

 

 

 

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