escalated

英 [ˈeskəleɪtɪd]

美 [ˈeskəleɪtɪd]

v.  (使)逐步扩大，不断恶化，加剧
escalate的过去分词和过去式

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.
  1. Both unions and management fear the dispute could escalate...
     工会和管理层都担心争端会恶化。
  2. The protests escalated into five days of rioting...
     抗议升级为为期5天的骚乱。
  3. 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。

双语例句

• Now, when we escalated this and it became really big, they started listening to us.
  现在，我们已经把这件事闹大了，事情严重起来了，他们便开始软了下来。
• At times, this potential has escalated into actual confrontations.
  有时，这一矛盾升级为实际的对抗。
• Costs rapidly escalated, and the potential "pay-off" for alloy development was diminishing.
  费用增加，而用于合金发展的经费来源却反而减少。
• In Nigeria, militants attacked two shell pipelines on Monday as violence in the Niger Delta escalated.
  在尼日利亚，随着尼日尔三角洲地区暴力冲突的升级，武装分子周一袭击了壳牌公司（shell）的两处输油管道。
• I began to argue with him which, of course, proved useless and only escalated the fight.
  这当然是屁话的，我开始和他争论起来。这当然没有任何效果，只会引致为更激烈的争端。
• The escalated business war has also triggered a public outcry.
  两家公司不断升级的战火引起了众多网民的关注。
• The CMS is designed and can be configured to allow content updates to be escalated to different levels automatically.
  CMS的设计和配置可以将内容自动更新到不同的级别。
• His financial problems escalated after he became unemployed.
  失业后他的经济问题更加严重了。
• At this point, my fear escalated to a level I had never previously felt before.
  此刻，我的恐惧水平升到我前所没有的感觉。
• I escalated to the dizzy heights of director's secretary.
  我升到了总经理秘书这一显赫高位。