worsening

基本解释

Rapprochement with the neighbours, however, need not come at the cost of worsening ties with America.
然而，与邻国的亲善不需要以恶化与美国的关系作为代价。
After all, it is a formidable task we have to undertake so as to prevent the situation from worsening.
毕竟，为了阻止局势恶化，这是我们必须承担的一项艰巨的任务。
However, the zone has run into a series of serious complications amid worsening relations between North and South.
但是，该工业区已出现了一系列严重的纠纷恶化了北韩和韩国之间的关系。

In all,seven of the ten top countries sent more students last year, just as the economic downturn was worsening.
The reason that countries dropped the gold standard was that under the effort to keep the currency convertible into gold they were worsening the depression of the 1930s.
这些国家放弃金本位制度,的原因在于，伴随着保持,货币与金子的转换功能,三十年代的大萧条正在被加深。
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"So there may actually be a worsening of credit availability to small and medium sized business in the next year or so,".

This could happen if Japan's sovereign-debt rating falls another notch, which—given the country's worsening finances—could easily happen.
ECONOMIST: Japan's banks

If a bad situation worsens or if something worsens it, it becomes more difficult, unpleasant, or unacceptable.