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
- 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。 - A small incident can easily escalate.
一个小事件就很容易逐步升级成大事件。 - 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。 - Our purpose is to resolve the problem, not to escalate tensions.
我们的目标是解决问题，而不是使紧张态势升级。 - 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。 - Limited infrastructure and services add to daily frustrations that can escalate violence and exacerbate a sense of exclusion.
有限的基础设施和服务会加重人们日常面临的窘境，而后者可使暴力升级，增强人们的被排斥感。 - Tensions escalate and wars erupt over the last remaining habitable land.
在最后的一块居住地上，紧张局面加剧，战争爆发了。 - 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。 - Even a limited confrontation can escalate into a major war.
即使是局部的对抗也可能扩大成一场大战。 - The current situation may escalate to an uncontrollable state.
当前局势可能会升级到不可控状况。