escalates

英 [ˈeskəleɪts]

美 [ˈeskəleɪts]

v.  (使)逐步扩大，不断恶化，加剧
escalate的第三人称单数

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

• It significantly escalates aging in the skin as we get older.
  它大大升级老化的皮肤，因为我们变老。
• If tension escalates, however, the expression_r_r can be much more difficult.
  万一紧张升级，表达就会更加困难。
• If the stand-off escalates or drifts into military conflict, Tokyo and Beijing could quickly find themselves on opposite sides again.
  如果目前朝核问题的僵局进一步升级，或演变为军事冲突，日本和中国可能会再次迅速站到对立的立场上。
• If they win, flowers and honor fly to them and, as a result, their enthusiasm escalates.
  如果他们赢了这场比赛，鲜花和荣誉就飞向他们，做为一个结果，他们的热情高涨。
• We need to be assured that we continue to function well, especially if the emergency escalates.
  我们必须确保能够持续良好运转，特别是如果紧急事件出现升级之时。
• As demand for IT services escalates, human operators struggle to keep the pace that technology could maintain, the report says.
  报告称，随着企业对IT服务的需求逐渐增加，仅靠人去跟踪技术发展的步伐已经很困难了。
• They stress the importance of keeping the focus squarely on the problem that the company or team is facing, rather than on the person who represents the other side in the disagreement, which merely escalates tensions and pulls the focus away from the problem.
  该书的作者重点强调了直接关注公司或团队所面临的问题，而不是关注代表分歧另一方的个人，否则只会让矛盾升级，并分散人们对问题的关注。
• The conflict between Iran and Israel escalates as sudden, rash action is foreshadowed by these aspects.
  伊朗和以色列间的冲突突然升高，这些面向预言了草率的行动。
• Expenditure on the Cost Centres escalates daily.
  成本中心们的开支与日俱增。
• As the phone-hacking scandal escalates at News Corporation, shareholders accuse its board of dozing on the job.
  随着电话解雇事件在新闻媒介的进一步升级，股东们也纷纷指责董事会在决策上的失职。