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　

考研TOEFLIELTSGRETEM8

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.
  1. The fighting escalated into a full-scale war.
     这场交战逐步扩大为全面战争。
  2. the escalating costs of health care
     逐渐增加的医疗费用
  3. We do not want to escalate the war.
     我们不想让战争升级。

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。

英英释义

verb

• increase in extent or intensity
  1. The Allies escalated the bombing
  Synonym:intensifystep up

双语例句

• Any one of these border disputes could escalate into war.
  这些力界争端中的任何一件都可能升级为战争。
• His job was to set policy and to escalate issues that were reported to him.
  他的工作是制定政策以及将报告给他的问题升级扩大。
• Both countries conducted naval drills, a sign that the dispute had the potential escalate further.
  两国都进行了海军演习，这标志着争端有进一步升级的可能。
• Concern about short-selling tends to escalate when markets decline.
  市场下跌时，对卖空的忧虑往往会升级。
• This helps catch problems as early as possible, before they escalate and possibly destroy data.
  这有助于在问题升级并可能破坏数据之前，尽可能早地捕捉问题。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The Taliban seized the moment to escalate their attacks.
  塔利班抓住了将进攻升级的时机。
• 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。