单选题
The Second Hague Disarmament Conference of 1907 was marked more by discord than discourse, a sign of the
deteriorating
world situation.
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】解析：本题中，deteriorating的意思是“变坏”。D项的worsening“恶化”符合题意，如：Heavy storms worsened the fuel shortage．(狂风暴雨使燃料短缺情况更加严重。)其他三项facilitating“助长”，upgrading“浓缩”，justifying“证明……是正当的”都不正确。