1.worsen v. (使)变得更坏,变得更糟,恶化
例句:The security forces had to intervene to prevent the situation worsening.
安全部队不得不介入,以防止局势进一步恶化 。
2.divert v. 使转向;使绕道;转移;改变(资金、材料等)的用途;转移(某人)的注意力
例句:He whom riches and honours cannot corrupt nor poverty and obscurity divert, whom neither threats nor violence itself can bend — he it is that I call a great man.
富贵不能淫,贫贱不能移,威武不能屈,此之谓大丈夫 。