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

• Despite hopes that negotiations might bring the stand-off to a peaceful conclusion, tensions escalated as night closed in.
  尽管希望谈判能使得对峙趋于和平收场，紧张的局势还是拖到了夜晚。
• Prices have escalated to unprecedented levels.
  物价已经涨到前所未有的水平。
• Rebel forces have escalated the fighting.
  叛军已经使战斗升级。
• 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。
• His financial problems escalated after he became unemployed.
  失业后他的经济问题更加严重了。
• Even though he escalated to a lethal bombing today.
  尽管目前他升级到了致命的炸弹。
• Johnson Administration followed Kennedys policy and made Vietnam War escalated.
  而约翰逊政府继承肯尼迪政府的对华政策，并使得越南战争升级。
• At times, this potential has escalated into actual confrontations.
  有时，这一矛盾升级为实际的对抗。
• 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。
• 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。