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 the war escalates, then you can kiss all thoughts of negotiations goodbye.
  如果战争升级，那时你就可以放弃关于谈判的一切想法。
• As demand for IT services escalates, human operators struggle to keep the pace that technology could maintain, the report says.
  报告称，随着企业对IT服务的需求逐渐增加，仅靠人去跟踪技术发展的步伐已经很困难了。
• 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。
• If they win, flowers and honor fly to them and, as a result, their enthusiasm escalates.
  如果他们赢了这场比赛，鲜花和荣誉就飞向他们，做为一个结果，他们的热情高涨。
• The Foreign Ministry is for the time being not considering closing the embassy, and Cypriot diplomats will stay in the Egyptian capital unless the unrest there escalates.
  外交部是暂时不会考虑关闭大使馆，塞浦路斯外交官将在埃及首都逗留，除非那里的动乱升级。
• 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。
• Israel-Arab conflict escalates; casualties rise while Israeli military occupies five West Bank towns.
  以阿冲突升高伤亡增加以军占领五个西岸城镇。
• Her hope is that the episode will teach the international community that someone needs to take responsibility before such a crisis escalates again in the future.
  她希望这件事将使国际社会明白，有人需要担起责任，以防未来这样一场危机再次升级。
• 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。
• 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。