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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Coming up to the occasion, BMW has also escalated research efforts to use hydrogen as a transportation fuel.
  即将到之际，宝马也升级研究工作，以作为运输燃料的氢气。
• 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。