The problem may last a few seconds, but it can get worse and worse with age, leading to a heart attack or stroke.

VOA: special.2010.03.02

You've got horses which you need for the army but also which they start slaughtering; you've got cattle but you have enough food to last for maybe a month; there's always a lot to drink because of the caves, that is, the wine cellars that people had, but things get worse and worse.

你有军队所需的马,但是士兵会把马杀来吃,你有牛,但是这些食物只能,维持大概一个月的时间,喝的东西总是不缺的,因为他们有酒窖,就是用来储藏葡萄酒的酒窖,不过事态还是变得越来越糟

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选

In the coordination game, where the idea is to try and get people to coordinate on a particular equilibria rather than on another equilibria, or worse still, to be uncoordinated entirely.

在协调博弈中,领导力的作用就是促成人们达成,某个特定均衡而不是其他均衡,甚至是完全缺乏协调的混乱状态

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

New figures are due on Friday, and the White House has been warning that joblessness will get worse before it improves.

VOA: standard.2009.08.05

And the bad news is it is going to get worse and we're not coming out of this fast.

VOA: standard.2009.03.10

Spain has the highest unemployment rate in Europe at 20 percent, and it is likely to get worse.

VOA: standard.2010.06.24

"And it looks like it is only going to get worse with no strong imposition of security or authority even after the election."

VOA: standard.2009.09.10

But his health took a turn for the worse in early 2000 and he needed to get serious about being upgraded on the list.

VOA: standard.2010.02.26

This latest disaster is likely to get worse. Authorities say here are still dozens missing and being rescued from what is left of their homes.

VOA: standard.2009.03.27

Things are real bad and it is going to get a lot worse.

VOA: standard.2009.08.17

"The prediction is that in the next 20 years to 30 years, if the situation continues to get worse, the productivity from the agricultural sector and from subsistence farming in Africa, the production would reduce by as much as 50 percent,".

VOA: standard.2010.01.02