escalation是什么意思？

escalation

英[ˌeskə'leɪʃn] 美[ˌeskə'leɪʃn]

• n. 扩大，增加；

复数：escalations;

动词：escalate;

例句

• a serious escalation in the fighting 战斗严重升级
• Escalation has conceptual affinities with bargaining theory. 逐步升级同交易理论在概念上具有相似性.
• The threat of nuclear escalation remains. 核升级的威胁仍旧存在。
• The US military wants to avoid the graduated escalation that marked the Vietnam War. 美国军方希望避免出现类似于越南战争那样逐步升级的态势。
• Any unexpected circumstance that arises may catalyze a sudden escalation of violence. 任何突如其来的情况都可能造成暴力骤然升级。

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。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. an increase to counteract a perceived discrepancy;
  "higher wages caused an escalation of prices""there was a gradual escalation of hostilities"

行业词典

• 计算机： 逐步升级；