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

• 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。
• 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。
• On the contrary, some of its remarks and behavior have further complicated and escalated the situation.
  相反，他的其他一些言论和行为使事态进一步复杂化、扩大化。
• 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。
• The hostility between Washington and Beijing has escalated into something resembling trench warfare.
  华盛顿与北京之间的敌对状态，已经升级为一种类似堑壕战的东西。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• Now, when we escalated this and it became really big, they started listening to us.
  现在，我们已经把这件事闹大了，事情严重起来了，他们便开始软了下来。
• 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。