加剧

加劇

jiājù

verb HSK 7-9 #22,067

Meanings

全球变暖加剧了自然灾害。

Quánqiú biànnuǎn jiājù le zìrán zāihài.

Global warming has aggravated natural disasters.

两国之间的矛盾不断加剧。

Liǎng guó zhījiān de máodùn búduàn jiājù.

The conflict between the two countries keeps intensifying.

usage

加剧 is almost always used for negative things getting worse — conflicts, pollution, disease, tension. Unlike 加深 which can be neutral or positive.

加 jiā

剧 jù