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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Even though he escalated to a lethal bombing today.
  尽管目前他升级到了致命的***。