escalate是什么意思？

escalate

英[ˈeskəleɪt] 美[ˈɛskəˌlet]

• vt. 使逐步升级，使逐步上升，乘自动梯上升；
• vi. 逐步上升，（战争）逐步升级，逐步扩大，像乘自动梯上升；

第三人称单数：escalates;

过去式：escalated;

过去分词：escalated;

现在分词：escalating;

名词：escalation;

例句

• The Russian response to the expulsions — expected on July 17 th — may yet escalate matters. 俄方在7月17日对外官驱逐出境的表态可能会使事件升级.
• A conventional skirmish would escalate into a nuclear exchange. 传统的小规模战斗更有可能逐步升级为核战争.
• Ground rents are likely to escalate over time. 地租以后可能会逐渐上涨。
• Costs can escalate terrifyingly. 成本的上涨速度会很惊人。
• Conditions are still very tense and the fighting could escalate at any time. 局势仍然非常紧张，战斗随时可能升级。
• Both unions and management fear the dispute could escalate... 工会和管理层都担心争端会恶化。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• V-ERG
  （使）扩大;（使）恶化;（使）升级
  If a bad situation escalates or if someone or something escalates it, it becomes greater in size, seriousness, or intensity.
  例句
  Both unions and management fear the dispute could escalate... 工会和管理层都担心争端会恶化。 The protests escalated into five days of rioting... 抗议升级为为期5天的骚乱。

英汉词典释义

• vt. & vi.
  (使)逐步升级; (使)逐步扩大
  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。
  (使)更高, (使)更大
  The cost of living is escalating. 生活费用在迅速上涨。

英英词典释义

• Verb
  1. increase in extent or intensity;
  "The Allies escalated the bombing"