惡化成另一種局面
同一個下滑，但這次講的是終點：滑到後來變成了另一個更糟的東西。
worsen into · verb · C1
To develop into a bad or worse situation (usually with into).
惡化成；演變成
核心畫面
Picture something sliding slowly downhill on its own — paint flaking year by year, a patient , relations between two sides cooling. Nobody is pushing it; time is doing the work. The word always describes a direction, , and a slope rather than a drop.
可以想成：一樣東西自己慢慢往下滑——油漆一年一年剝落、病人一天比一天虛弱、兩邊的關係越來越冷。沒有人在推它，是時間在…更多收起
可以想成：一樣東西自己慢慢往下滑——油漆一年一年剝落、病人一天比一天虛弱、兩邊的關係越來越冷。沒有人在推它，是時間在做這件事。這個字說的永遠是一個方向：往下；而且是滑坡，不是墜落。From the picture
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get worse · verb · C1
To become worse in quality, condition, or strength over time.
惡化；變壞
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
deteriorateverb/dɪˈtɪə.ɹɪə.ɹeɪt/
- 1
To make worse; to make inferior in quality or value; to impair.
- to deteriorate the mind
- The art of war, like every other art, ecclesiastical architecture alone excepted, was greatly deteriorated during those years of general degradation[…]
- 2
To grow worse; to be impaired in quality; to degenerate.
- During this fine run through Fife the weather had deteriorated rapidly, and as we passed Wormit and came onto the Tay Bridge heavy rain clouds were piled over the sea.
- The condition of the tunnel continued to deteriorate, aggravated by the vibration from the heavy traffic, and stories of trains emerging with dislodged bricks on their roofs are probably not exaggerated.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。