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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Johnson Administration followed Kennedys policy and made Vietnam War escalated.
  而约翰逊政府继承肯尼迪政府的对华政策，并使得越南战争升级。
• 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。
• Even though he escalated to a lethal bombing today.
  尽管目前他升级到了致命的***。
• 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。
• His financial problems escalated after he became unemployed.
  失业后他的经济问题更加严重了。
• 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。