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

• 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。
• Whenever an issue crops up, be there to take it offline immediately, before it escalates.
  在问题出现时，一定要在它升级之前立即把它隔离。
• Sometimes it looks like that battle escalates into fisticuffs!
  有时候，这些推挤看起来像是升级为了相互击打！
• 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。
• 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。
• One Washington trade lawyer said: China always responds, so I dont think this escalates.
  华盛顿的一名贸易律师表示：中国一贯会有所反应，所以我不认为这件事会升级。
• 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。
• The work escalates when astronauts get assigned to a mission, which usually happens a year or more before the flight.
  当宇航员被分配执行一项任务的时候，他们的工作就会增加。这种情况通常一年或者几年才会在起飞前发生。
• It significantly escalates aging in the skin as we get older.
  它大大升级老化的皮肤，因为我们变老。
• If the Chinese buy our land as well then we risk having two super powers fighting over their assets in NZ if the tension that is apparent between them at the moment escalates to conflict.
  美国哈佛校产基金早就在新西兰南岛有大片的土地。若中国人买了我们的土地，又双方紧张局势明显上升到冲突，我们也将会处于与中美两强争夺彼此资产的危险之中。