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

• 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。
• Having a relationship with someone you already live with escalates everything; you can get close really quickly, but that makes it harder if you then split up.
  和你同居的人谈恋爱让一切都恶化，你们可以更快亲近，但如果你们分手会使一切都很困难。
• 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。
• If they win, flowers and honor fly to them and, as a result, their enthusiasm escalates.
  如果他们赢了这场比赛，鲜花和荣誉就飞向他们，做为一个结果，他们的热情高涨。
• 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。
• 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 the stand-off escalates or drifts into military conflict, Tokyo and Beijing could quickly find themselves on opposite sides again.
  如果目前朝核问题的僵局进一步升级，或演变为军事冲突，日本和中国可能会再次迅速站到对立的立场上。
• If tension escalates, however, the expression_r_r can be much more difficult.
  万一紧张升级，表达就会更加困难。
• They stress the importance of keeping the focus squarely on the problem that the company or team is facing, rather than on the person who represents the other side in the disagreement, which merely escalates tensions and pulls the focus away from the problem.
  该书的作者重点强调了直接关注公司或团队所面临的问题，而不是关注代表分歧另一方的个人，否则只会让矛盾升级，并分散人们对问题的关注。
• I cannot understand why a minor disagreement escalates into a fist-fight.
  我真不明白为什么一点意见不合就变成了拳头相见。