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

• Even though he escalated to a lethal bombing today.
  尽管目前他升级到了致命的炸弹。
• Once it escalated into a murder-one beef for all, after they killed two guards.
  他们杀两警卫犯了一级谋杀罪。
• Rebel forces have escalated the fighting.
  叛军已经使战斗升级。
• At times, this potential has escalated into actual confrontations.
  有时，这一矛盾升级为实际的对抗。
• When escalated, the transaction remains managed in its elevated state until its completion.
  在升级时，事务在升级完成前将保持在其提升后的状态中被管理。
• Selling escalated on rumors China was buying feed wheat vs corn.
  由于传言说中国会购买饲用小麦而不是玉米使得卖盘扩大。
• Johnson Administration followed Kennedys policy and made Vietnam War escalated.
  而约翰逊政府继承肯尼迪政府的对华政策，并使得越南战争升级。
• 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 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。
• 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。