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

• At first all I cared about was just getting to Seattle in and then things escalated from there.
  最初，我所关心的全部都是去西雅图的事情，然后事情就接二连三的发生了。
• 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。
• 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。
• The Iranian nuclear issue is currently escalated and the situation becomes difficult.
  目前伊朗核问题有所升温，遇到了一些困难。
• On the contrary, some of its remarks and behavior have further complicated and escalated the situation.
  相反，他的其他一些言论和行为使事态进一步复杂化、扩大化。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。