to make matters [things] worse 更糟的是 To make matters worse, he refused to apologize. 更糟的是,他拒不道歉。 To make matters [things] worse, it started to snow when evening came. 更糟糕的是,夜幕降临时,天开始下起雪来了。
Allowed to respond, Huckabee acknowledged that he raised gasoline taxes to build roads and help his state's education system, which herefusedtoapologize for.