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

• 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。
• 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。
• Having a relationship with someone you already live with escalates everything; you can get close really quickly, but that makes it harder if you then split up.
  和你同居的人谈恋爱让一切都恶化，你们可以更快亲近，但如果你们分手会使一切都很困难。
• 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。
• Expenditure on the Cost Centres escalates daily.
  成本中心们的开支与日俱增。
• However, if your anxiety escalates, you may find the energy of your stress to be incapacitating.
  但是，如果过于焦虑的话，你也许会发现这种精神压力会使人无法承担。
• Sometimes it looks like that battle escalates into fisticuffs!
  有时候，这些推挤看起来像是升级为了相互击打！
• It is reasonable to believe that the disabled cause will be increasingly recognized and supported as China's overall national strength escalates.
  有理由相信，随着中国综合国力的逐步增强，残疾人事业将得到越来越多的重视与支持。
• I cannot understand why a minor disagreement escalates into a fist-fight.
  我真不明白为什么一点意见不合就变成了拳头相见。
• We have all been in situations where a small argument suddenly escalates into a huge one.
  我们曾经历过很小的争吵突然升级失控的情况。