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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• In the future, the threat will likely escalate to physical damage of technology networks and infrastructure.
  在未来，这种威胁可能会逐步升级为对技术网络和基础设施的物理性破坏。
• 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。
• The current situation may escalate to an uncontrollable state.
  当前局势可能会升级到不可控状况。
• 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。
• 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。
• A small incident can easily escalate.
  一个小事件就很容易逐步升级成大事件。
• 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。