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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。