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発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /dɪˌtɪəɹɪəˈɹeɪʃən/, (proscribed) /dɪˌtɪəɹɪˈeɪʃən/
  • (米国発音) IPA^(key): /dəˌti.ɹi.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, (proscribed) /dəˌtiɹiˈeɪʃən/
  • 韻: -eɪʃən

名詞

deterioration (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 deteriorations)

1. The process of making or growing worse, or the state of having grown worse.

   Synonym: retrogression

   Antonym: amelioration

   • 2012 June 4, Lewis Smith, “Queen’s English Society says enuf is enough, innit?: Society formed 40 years ago to protect language against poor spelling and grammar closes because too few people care”, in The Guardian‎^[1], London, archived from the original on 10 March 2016:

     The Queen may be celebrating her jubilee but the Queen's English Society, which has railed against the misuse and deterioration of the English language, is to fold.

   • 2020 November 18, “Network News: Researchers team up on navigation data system”, in Rail, page 23:

     "The quantum sensors will provide highly accurate measurements that will help to detect the rate of change of the track and subsequently, any deteriorations which might lead to faults."

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• deteriorate