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

• His financial problems escalated after he became unemployed.
  失业后他的经济问题更加严重了。
• The war escalated on several fronts.
  战争在几个前沿阵地逐步升级了。
• Rebel forces have escalated the fighting.
  叛军已经使战斗升级。
• What can imagine is, a contention war about enterprise IM market has escalated sadly.
  可以想象的是，一场关于企业IM市场的争夺战已经悄然升级。
• Prices have escalated to unprecedented levels.
  物价已经涨到前所未有的水平。
• Tensions escalated dramatically after the Japanese government bought three of the islands from so-called private owners.
  自日本政府要从所谓的私人业主那购买钓鱼岛三个岛屿后，紧张局势急剧上升。
• 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 escalated business war has also triggered a public outcry.
  两家公司不断升级的战火引起了众多网民的关注。
• At times, this potential has escalated into actual confrontations.
  有时，这一矛盾升级为实际的对抗。
• The ECB has faced intensified German criticism since it escalated its government bond programme last month to include Italian and Spanish debt.
  欧洲央行上个月扩大了国债购入计划，纳入意大利和西班牙债务，这受到了德国的猛烈批评。