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

• The ECB has faced intensified German criticism since it escalated its government bond programme last month to include Italian and Spanish debt.
  欧洲央行上个月扩大了国债购入计划，纳入意大利和西班牙债务，这受到了德国的猛烈批评。
• 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。
• What can imagine is, a contention war about enterprise IM market has escalated sadly.
  可以想象的是，一场关于企业IM市场的争夺战已经悄然升级。
• 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。
• The government escalated the war by starting to bomb enemy cities.
  政府开始轰炸敌方的城市，使战争进一步扩大。
• 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。
• 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。
• The war escalated on several fronts.
  战争在几个前沿阵地逐步升级了。
• If the task is not completed within a certain time, then it is escalated.
  如果此任务未在某个时间内完成，则对其进行升级。