deteriorated
deteriorated — 動詞
1. to decline in quality, condition, or strength — for example, a friendship growin
惡化；衰退
品質、狀況、關係等變差
to decline in quality, condition, or strength — for example, a friendship growing more strained, a patient's health worsening, or a building falling into disrepair.
After months without maintenance, the deteriorated roads in the mountain village caused frequent accidents.
好幾個月沒有維修之後，那山村已惡化的道路經常導致車禍。
deteriorated + noun (participial adjective)
Kwame's relationship with his business partner deteriorated after the dispute over company funds.
Kwame 和合夥人因公司資金問題發生爭執後，他們的關係就惡化了。
deteriorate + after + [event trigger]
Sofia's doctor said her grandfather's eyesight had deteriorated too much for driving.
Sofia 的醫師說，她祖父的視力衰退得太嚴重，不適合開車了。
As funding was cut year after year, public healthcare quality in the region deteriorated steadily.
隨著經費一年比一年縮減，該地區的公共醫療品質持續惡化。
The team's deteriorated morale was obvious when no one volunteered to stay late.
團隊已惡化的士氣變得顯而易見——沒有人自願留下來熬夜。
- worsen
More direct and informal; can describe sudden as well as gradual change ('the weather worsened suddenly').
- decline
Focuses on a measurable downward trend, often in numbers or quality ('the company's profits declined').
- degenerate
Stronger and more dramatic; suggests a return to a lower, often primitive or morally degraded state ('the debate degenerated into shouting').
- decay
Describes physical breakdown, especially of organic matter or structures ('the wooden fence began to decay').
文法句型
deteriorate + adverb of degree
deteriorate + into + [state]
deteriorated + noun (participial adjective)
用法筆記
Frequently used in the past-participle form as an adjective before a noun (a deteriorated condition, deteriorated infrastructure). Unlike worsen, deteriorate usually implies that something was once adequate or good and has since declined — it carries a connotation of a process over time, not an instant change.