#学
1、基本释义
英英释义：to make a difficult situation worse by adding more problems
例句：In romantic relationships, arguing usually compounds problems.
2、拓展学习
1）一词多义
“compound”可以作名词、形容词和动词。它作名词一般有“有围墙的建筑群”（比如美国驻华大使馆就经常会自称是 “US embassy compound”）、“混合物”、“复合词”等意思；作形容词意思一般是“复合的”。
a) n. a thing consisting of two or more separate things combined together 复合物；混合物
Teaching is a compound of several different skills.
b) n. an area surrounded by a fence or wall in which a factory or other group of buildings stands 有围栏（或围墙）的场地（内有工厂或其他建筑群）
c) adj. ( technical 术语 ) formed of two or more parts 复合的
A compound sentence contains two or more clauses.
d) v. be compounded of/from sth ( formal) to be formed from sth 由…构成（或形成）
e) v. [often passive] compound sth (with sth) ( formal or technical 术语 ) to mix sth together 混合；掺和；拌和
f) v. American English to pay interest that is calculated on both the sum of money and the interest:
Interest is compounded quarterly.
2）同义替换
weaken • make sth worse • add to sth • compound • exacerbate • aggravate
These words all mean to make sb/sth weaker or worse in some way.
worsen • get worse • weaken • deteriorate • decline • slip • degenerate • fail • relapse
These words all mean to get smaller, weaker or worse in some way.
3）词语搭配
@chemical
• ADJECTIVE chemical Scientists have produced a new chemical ~. | inorganic, organic | synthetic | natural | molecular, simple Dalton believed that the simplest ~ of two elements must have one atom of each. | active, toxic, volatile | carbon, iron, etc.
• VERB + COMPOUND form, make, produce At the right temperature, the chemicals will form a ~. | develop, synthesize | discover, identify | isolate
• COMPOUND + VERB contain sth | be derived from sth, be found in sth, derive from sth, occur ~s derived from rainforest plants
• PREPOSITION ~ of a ~ of oxygen and hydrogen
@area of land and buildings
• ADJECTIVE military, palace, prison | secure, walled Police are investigating a raid on a secure ~.
• PREPOSITION in a/the ~, inside a/the ~life inside the prison ~
II. verb
Compound is used with these nouns as the object: effect, error, problem, situation
III. adj.
Compound is used with these nouns: fracture, interest, word
#用
1）翻译下面的句子：
军事行动只会让叙利亚的情况变得更糟。
Military actions will only compound the situations in Syria.
（参考翻译：Military actions would only compound the situation in Syria.）
2）造句
a) 升学不由智力决定。
To the contrary of most people’s perceptions, being admitted to a prestigious university is not merely contributed by exceptional intellectual competency, but a compound of one’s upbringing, hard work and luck.
b) 多年冤狱终成过去。
The taste of fresh air outside the prison compound after 20 years of being unjustly locked behind bars made him tremble and well up.
c) 聪明反被聪明误。
He did not expect his little trick intended to let him get away to backfire and compound his situations.