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

• 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。
• 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。
• I began to argue with him which, of course, proved useless and only escalated the fight.
  这当然是屁话的，我开始和他争论起来。这当然没有任何效果，只会引致为更激烈的争端。
• Coming up to the occasion, BMW has also escalated research efforts to use hydrogen as a transportation fuel.
  即将到之际，宝马也升级研究工作，以作为运输燃料的氢气。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Even though he escalated to a lethal bombing today.
  尽管目前他升级到了致命的炸弹。