English-Thai Dictionary

deteriorate

VI เสื่อมโทรม  ทรุดโทรม  เสื่อมโทรม  เลว ลง  ชำรุด  sueam-som

 

deteriorate

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DETERIORATE

v.i.[L.] To grow worse; to be impaired in quality to degenerate; opposed to meliorate.

 

DETERIORATE

v.t.To make worse; to reduce in quality; as, to deteriorate a race of men of their condition.

 

DETERIORATED

pp. Made worse; impaired in quality.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DETERIORATE

De *te "ri *o *rate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deteriorated; p. pr. & vb. n.Deteriorating. ] Etym: [L. deterioratus, p. p. of deteriorate to deteriorate, fr. deterior worse, prob. a comparative fr. de down, away. ]

 

Defn: To make worse; to make inferior in quality or value; to impair; as, to deteriorate the mind. Whately. The art of war. .. was greatly deteriorated. Southey.

 

DETERIORATE

DETERIORATE De *te "ri *o *rate, v. i.

 

Defn: To grow worse; to be impaired in quality; to degenerate. Under such conditions, the mind rapidly deteriorates. Goldsmith.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

deteriorate

de te ri o rate |diˈti (ə )rēəˌrāt dəˈtɪriəˌreɪt | ▶verb [ no obj. ] become progressively worse: relations between the countries had deteriorated sharply | (as adj. deteriorating ) : deteriorating economic conditions. DERIVATIVES de te ri o ra tive |-ˌrātiv |adjective ORIGIN late 16th cent. (used transitively in the sense ‘make worse ’): from late Latin deteriorat- ‘worsened, ’ from the verb deteriorare, from Latin deterior ‘worse. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

deteriorate

deteriorate |dɪˈtɪərɪəreɪt | ▶verb [ no obj. ] become progressively worse: relations between the countries had deteriorated sharply | (as adj. deteriorating ) : deteriorating economic conditions. DERIVATIVES deteriorative |-rətɪv |adjective ORIGIN late 16th cent. (in the sense ‘make worse ’): from late Latin deteriorat- ‘worsened ’, from the verb deteriorare, from Latin deterior ‘worse ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

deteriorate

deteriorate verb 1 his health deteriorated: worsen, decline, degenerate; fail, slump, slip, go downhill, wane, ebb; informal go to pot. ANTONYMS improve. 2 these materials deteriorate if stored wrongly: decay, degrade, degenerate, break down, decompose, rot, go off, spoil, perish; break up, disintegrate, crumble, fall apart.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

deteriorate

deteriorate verb 1 his condition has deteriorated in the intensive care unit: worsen, get worse, decline, be in decline, degenerate, decay; collapse, fail, fall, drop, sink, slump, slip, slide, go downhill, go backwards, go to rack and ruin, stagnate, wane, ebb; informal go to pot, go to the dogs, hit the skids, go down the toilet, go down the tubes; Austral. /NZ informal go to the pack; rare retrograde. ANTONYMS improve. 2 many of these materials deteriorate badly if stored in damp conditions: decay, degrade, degenerate, break down, decompose, rot, putrefy, go bad, go off, spoil, perish; wither, atrophy, weaken, fade, break up, disintegrate, become dilapidated, crumble, fall down, collapse, fall apart, fall to pieces; archaic corrupt.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

deteriorate

de te ri o rate /dɪtɪ́ ə riərèɪt /動詞 ～s /-ts /; ～d /-ɪd /; -rating 自動詞 〈物 状況 品質などが 〉悪化する , 悪くなる (become worse ); 低下する ;〖～ into A 〗悪化して (結局 )A 〈最悪の状態など 〉になる ▸ The flavor of coffee begins to deteriorate only 15 minutes after brewing .コーヒーの風味は入れてたった15分で落ち始める ▸ His health continued to deteriorate .彼の健康 (状態 )は悪化し続けた ▸ The discussion deteriorated into an argument .その討論は最後には口論になった 他動詞 〈物 状況 品質など 〉を悪化 [低下 ]させる .