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。
• Tensions escalated dramatically after the Japanese government bought three of the islands from so-called private owners.
  自日本政府要从所谓的私人业主那购买钓鱼岛三个岛屿后，紧张局势急剧上升。
• 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。
• Once it escalated into a murder-one beef for all, after they killed two guards.
  他们杀两警卫犯了一级谋杀罪。
• 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。
• Selling escalated on rumors China was buying feed wheat vs corn.
  由于传言说中国会购买饲用小麦而不是玉米使得卖盘扩大。
• At this point, my fear escalated to a level I had never previously felt before.
  此刻，我的恐惧水平升到我前所没有的感觉。
• Costs rapidly escalated, and the potential "pay-off" for alloy development was diminishing.
  费用增加，而用于合金发展的经费来源却反而减少。
• 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。
• His financial problems escalated after he became unemployed.
  失业后他的经济问题更加严重了。