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

• 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。
• His financial problems escalated after he became unemployed.
  失业后他的经济问题更加严重了。
• At times, this potential has escalated into actual confrontations.
  有时，这一矛盾升级为实际的对抗。
• 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。
• I began to argue with him which, of course, proved useless and only escalated the fight.
  这当然是屁话的，我开始和他争论起来。这当然没有任何效果，只会引致为更激烈的争端。
• 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。
• The hostility between Washington and Beijing has escalated into something resembling trench warfare.
  华盛顿与北京之间的敌对状态，已经升级为一种类似堑壕战的东西。
• 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。
• 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。