出处：按学科分类—语言、文字 中国对外翻译出版公司《汉英成语词典》第125页（216字）
指情形愈来愈坏，亦作每况愈下，例军阀混战期间，通货膨胀，物价飞涨，人民生活每下愈况。
In the warlord days when there was incessant fighting，inflation was rife and the people’s livelihood went from bad to worse