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

• I escalated to the dizzy heights of director's secretary.
  我升到了总经理秘书这一显赫高位。
• Despite hopes that negotiations might bring the stand-off to a peaceful conclusion, tensions escalated as night closed in.
  尽管希望谈判能使得对峙趋于和平收场，紧张的局势还是拖到了夜晚。
• 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。
• The war escalated on several fronts.
  战争在几个前沿阵地逐步升级了。
• At this point, my fear escalated to a level I had never previously felt before.
  此刻，我的恐惧水平升到我前所没有的感觉。
• If the task is not completed within a certain time, then it is escalated.
  如果此任务未在某个时间内完成，则对其进行升级。
• At first all I cared about was just getting to Seattle in and then things escalated from there.
  最初，我所关心的全部都是去西雅图的事情，然后事情就接二连三的发生了。
• Prices have escalated to unprecedented levels.
  物价已经涨到前所未有的水平。
• At times, this potential has escalated into actual confrontations.
  有时，这一矛盾升级为实际的对抗。
• 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。