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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Ground rents are likely to escalate over time.
地租以后可能会逐渐上涨。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。