escalate
英 [ˈeskəleɪt]
美 [ˈeskəleɪt]
v. (使)逐步扩大，不断恶化，加剧
过去分词：escalated 第三人称单数：escalates 过去式：escalated 现在分词：escalating
Collins.2 / BNC.11155 / COCA.7542
牛津词典
verb
- （使）逐步扩大，不断恶化，加剧
to become or make sth greater, worse, more serious, etc.- The fighting escalated into a full-scale war.
这场交战逐步扩大为全面战争。 - the escalating costs of health care
逐渐增加的医疗费用 - We do not want to escalate the war.
我们不想让战争升级。
- The fighting escalated into a full-scale war.
柯林斯词典
- V-ERG （使）扩大;（使）恶化;（使）升级
If a bad situationescalatesor if someone or somethingescalatesit, it becomes greater in size, seriousness, or intensity.- Both unions and management fear the dispute could escalate...
工会和管理层都担心争端会恶化。 - The protests escalated into five days of rioting...
抗议升级为为期5天的骚乱。 - Defeat could cause one side or other to escalate the conflict.
失败可能会导致其中一方将冲突升级。
- Both unions and management fear the dispute could escalate...
英英释义
verb
双语例句
- Conditions are still very tense and the fighting could escalate at any time.
局势仍然非常紧张，战斗随时可能升级。 - These actions often backfire and escalate tensions.
这些举动常常适得其反，导致紧张关系升级。 - But the upheavals can escalate quickly and become scarier and even cataclysmic.
但是这些骚乱能快速升级，变得非常可怕，甚至变成大灾难。 - It would tempt israel's neighbors to escalate their demands.
它将诱使以色列的邻国不断把他们的要求升级。 - Ignoring a conflict may be the easiest option, but it can cause issues to escalate, Huang said.
逃避冲突可能是一个最简单的选择，但是这会导致事件升级，黄炳超表示。 - Top international economic leaders said continuing disputes over currencies and trade could escalate and hurt the fragile economic recovery.
国际高级经济领导人称，对货币和贸易的持续争议逐步增强，这会影响脆弱的经济复苏。 - Now you switch into the present tense to draw your listener in as you escalate the problem.
当你在升级问题的时候，你要转换进入到现在时态来吸引你的听众。 - Both unions and management fear the dispute could escalate
工会和管理层都担心争端会恶化。 - He also helped to escalate the Afghan war, if with a longer-term vision that is harder to discern.
也许是出于人们更难以认清的长期愿景，他还帮助了阿富汗战争的升级。 - A small incident can easily escalate.
一个小事件就很容易逐步升级成大事件。