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。
• We have all been in situations where a small argument suddenly escalates into a huge one.
  我们曾经历过很小的争吵突然升级失控的情况。
• 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。
• 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。
• If the war escalates, then you can kiss all thoughts of negotiations goodbye.
  如果战争升级，那时你就可以放弃关于谈判的一切想法。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。