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

• 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。
• We need to be assured that we continue to function well, especially if the emergency escalates.
  我们必须确保能够持续良好运转，特别是如果紧急事件出现升级之时。
• 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。
• If fighting escalates in Syria, the risk of a prolonged civil war is considerable.
  如果叙利亚战事升级，爆发长时期内战的风险将不可小视。
• The conflict between Iran and Israel escalates as sudden, rash action is foreshadowed by these aspects.
  伊朗和以色列间的冲突突然升高，这些面向预言了草率的行动。
• The current provocation demands a response – but one which does not help the Dear Leader and his son in their propaganda exercise or which escalates the violence.
  必须对朝鲜当前的挑衅作出回应，但这种回应不能帮助亲爱的领袖和他的儿子做宣传，也不能让暴力行为升级。
• However, if your anxiety escalates, you may find the energy of your stress to be incapacitating.
  但是，如果过于焦虑的话，你也许会发现这种精神压力会使人无法承担。
• Expenditure on the Cost Centres escalates daily.
  成本中心们的开支与日俱增。
• Esu told you that the collapse could come before the quake situation escalates into major disruptions.
  伊苏告诉过你，金融瓦解有可能发生于地震情况进级至造成主要烦扰之前。
• 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。