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

• 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。
• As demand for IT services escalates, human operators struggle to keep the pace that technology could maintain, the report says.
  报告称，随着企业对IT服务的需求逐渐增加，仅靠人去跟踪技术发展的步伐已经很困难了。
• It significantly escalates aging in the skin as we get older.
  它大大升级老化的皮肤，因为我们变老。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• Pakistan claims soldier's death further escalates India-Pakistan tensions.
  巴基斯坦称士兵遇害案使印巴紧张情势又升高。
• 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。
• 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。