A rapidly rising yen at times compounded this negative view .
有时日元的快速升值也加剧了这种负面观点。
A supply shortage of silicon in recent years has compounded the problem .
近年来,硅的供应短缺也加剧了这一问题。
The country 's problems have been compounded by last year 's natural disasters .
日本的问题由于去年的自然灾难而变得更为复杂。
Water shortages remained the biggest of china 's environmental problems as over-exploitation of rivers and aquifers was compounded by pollution and climate change .
由于污染和气候改变复合造成的河流和含水层的过度开采使用而引起的水资源短缺任然是中国最大的环境问题。
The air of secrecy is compounded when you try to approach workers involved in the nightmarish task of stabilising the nuclear plant .