worse
adjective /wɜːs/
/wɜːrs/
comparative of bad更差的;更糟的;更坏的 - The rooms were awful and the food was worse.
房间很糟糕,吃的更差。 - The weather got worse during the day.
日间天气变得更恶劣了。 - I've been to far worse places.
我到过糟糕得多的地方。 - worse than something The film was no worse than many others he made in the 1930s.
这部电影不比他在20世纪30年代制作的许多其他电影差。 - The interview was much worse than he had expected.
这次面试比他预计的要糟得多。 - The area seemed almost worse than the city he had left.
这个地区似乎比他离开的那个城市还要糟。 - worse than doing something There's nothing worse than going out in the cold with wet hair.
没有比在大冷天头发湿着外出更糟糕的了。 - worse for somebody/something It's much worse for the parents than it is for the child.
这对父母的影响比对孩子更严重。
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- The rooms were awful and the food was worse.
更严重的;更严厉的 - They were trying to prevent an even worse tragedy.
他们正在设法避免更大的悲剧发生。 - The crisis was getting worse and worse.
危机越来越严重了。 - Don't tell her that—you'll only make things worse.
别把这事告诉她,你只会火上浇油。 - Could things get any worse?
事情会变得更糟吗? - Never mind—it could be worse (= although the situation is bad, it is not as bad as it might have been).
没关系,原本可能还要更糟。 - worse than (doing) something The situation was worse than he had imagined.
情况比他想象的还要糟糕。 - It's not just the government's poor ratings in the opinion polls. It's worse than that.
不仅仅是政府在民意调查中的糟糕评级。还不止这些。 - Killing someone is considered morally worse than letting them die.
杀人被认为在道德上比让他们去死更糟糕。
- Ignoring the problem will make it worse.
忽视这个问题会把情况弄得更糟。 - The news got dramatically worse.
消息变得越来越糟糕。 - The problem became progressively worse.
问题变得越来越严重。 - The problem is getting worse all the time.
问题一直在恶化。 - Things could be a sight worse (= much worse) than they are.
情况可能比现在糟糕得多。 - Things were about to get very much worse.
情况将变得糟糕得多。 - We've run out of coffee. Worse still, we can't get any more until tomorrow.
咖啡已经喝完了。更糟糕的是,我们必须等到明天才能有新的。
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- They were trying to prevent an even worse tragedy.
病情更重;健康恶化;更不愉快 - If he gets any worse, we'll call the doctor.
要是他的病情恶化,我们就请医生。 - worse than… He told her she'd let them down and she felt worse than ever.
他对她说,她让他们失望了,于是她难过极了。 - She seems worse than she was yesterday.
她似乎比昨天更糟了。
- I feel even worse today!
我今天感觉更差! - The pain grew worse.
疼痛越来越厉害了。
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- If he gets any worse, we'll call the doctor.
词源Old English wyrsa, wiersa (adjective), wiers (adverb), of Germanic origin; related to war.
Idioms
somebody’s bark is worse than their bite
- (informal) used to say that somebody is not really as angry or as aggressive as they sound
嘴硬心软;说话强硬,其实并不伤人;貌似凶狠
come off worse
- to lose a fight, competition, etc. or suffer more compared with others
(战斗、比赛等)失败,输得更惨
a fate worse than death
- (often humorous) a terrible thing that could happen
(可能发生的)极可怕的事 - At the last minute the hero saves her from a fate worse than death.
在最后一刻,英雄将她从比死亡更糟糕的命运中拯救出来。
- Getting married seemed a fate worse than death.
结婚似乎比死还要难受。 - Obeying her parents' wishes for her life seemed a fate worse than death.
她一辈子都听从父母的安排,真还不如死了呢。
- At the last minute the hero saves her from a fate worse than death.
go from bad to worse
- (of a bad condition, situation, etc.
) to get even worse不好的情况、局势等 每况愈下;越来越糟
worse luck!
- (British English, informal) used to show that you are disappointed about something
(表示失望)倒霉,不幸,可惜 - I shall have to miss the party, worse luck!
我参加不了这次聚会了,真倒霉!
- I shall have to miss the party, worse luck!