詞源

源自拉丁語 ， (“給……增重，使變差，使煩惱”)的過去分詞，源自 (“到”) + (“使變重”)，源自 (“重的”)。參見，對比、。

發音

• 國際音標^(幫助)：/ˈæɡ.ɹə.veɪ̯t/

• 音頻 (英式)：

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動詞

(第三人稱單數簡單現在時，現在分詞，一般過去時及過去分詞)

1. 使冒犯性增加 （自16世紀）
   • 1595 December 9 (first known performance), , “”, 出自 Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, 出版於 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]，頁號 23，列號 2:

     Once more, the more to aggrauate the note,
     With a foule Traitors name ſtuffe I thy throte,
     And wiſh (ſo pleaſe my Soueraigne) ere I moue,
     What my tong ſpeaks, my right drawn ſword may proue

     （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）

   • 1709 Joseph Addison, The Tatler

     The defense made by the prisoner's counsel did rather aggravate than extenuate his crime.

2. (引申) 使惡化，使變差 （自16世紀）
   • 1726, , [], transl., “Book XVI”, 出自 The Odyssey of Homer. […], 卷 IV, London: […] Bernard Lintot, →OCLC:

     to aggravate my woes.

     （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）

   • 1837, William H. Prescott, History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic

     […] to aggravate the horrors of the scene

3. (現罕用) 使程度/重量增加 （自16世紀）

   He aggravated the story.

   他把事情誇大了。

4. (棄用) 使某人負擔加重 （16–18世紀）
   • 1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, Oxford 2009, p. 28:

     In order to lighten the crown still further, they aggravated responsibility on ministers of state.

5. (現基本用於口語) 激怒 （自16世紀）
   • 1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa:

     If both were to aggravate her parents, as my brother and sister do mine.

   • 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York Review Books 2006, p. 85:

     Ben Bella was aggravated by having to express himself in French because the Egyptians were unable to understand his Arabic.

動詞

1. 的第二人稱複數現在時直陳式
2. 的第二人稱複數命令式
3. 的陰性複數

動詞

1. 的第二人稱複數現在時主動態命令式