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加剧 — meaning in English

jiā jù

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English meaning

  • accrue verb To increase, to rise
  • augment verb To make something larger or stronger by adding to it.
  • enlarge verb To make something bigger, or to become bigger.
  • exacerbate verb To make an already bad situation, problem or feeling noticeably worse.

Senses

加剧 is used for these senses in English:

  • accrue (intransitive) To increase, to rise
  • augment (intransitive, reflexive) To grow; to increase; to become greater.
  • enlarge (transitive) To make (something) larger.
  • exacerbate (transitive) To make worse (a problem, bad situation, negative feeling, etc.).
  • step up (transitive, idiomatic) To increase, augment, or advance, especially by one or more steps.

accrue — full definition

  1. verb To increase, to rise
  2. verb To reach or come to by way of increase; to arise or spring up because of growth or result, especially as the produce of money lent.
  3. verb To be incurred as a result of the passage of time.
  4. verb To accumulate.

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