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to make matters worse idiom B2 used to say that something has made a bad or difficult situation worse: 使情况更糟的是 Three of our players were ill, and to make matters worse, our main scorer had broken his ankle.我们的3名队员病了,更糟的是,主要得分手摔断了脚踝。 People liked the effect of the drug, and to make matters worse, doctors often prescribed doses that were too high. The city's population is growing rapidly. To make matters worse, half of our nurses are due to retire in the next fifteen years. Crop yields have fallen and to make matters worse, drought has dried up many water sources. Her children are at loggerheads with one another. To make matters worse, her best friend has moved to another part of the country. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Deteriorating and making worse add admin aggravate backslide be downhillidiom debase deteriorate deterioration devaluation devalue disintegrate dog one step forward, two steps backidiom regress regression regressive regressively wear thinidiom worse worsen
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