英语词汇escalate怎么读，是什么意思，单词翻译、读音、固定搭配用法和短语词组及例句-英汉双解词典

escalate

eskəleɪt  ˈɛskəˌleɪt 

Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense escalates, present participle escalating, past tense , past participle escalated

V-ERG （使）扩大;（使）恶化;（使）升级 If a bad situation escalates or if someone or something escalates it, it becomes greater in size, seriousness, or intensity. （使）扩大;（使）恶化;（使）升级 [journalism]

Both unions and management fear the dispute could escalate. [VERB]

工会和管理层都担心争端会恶化。
The protests escalated into five days of rioting. [VERB + into]

抗议升级为为期5天的骚乱。
Defeat could cause one side or other to escalate the conflict. [VERB noun]

失败可能会导致其中一方将冲突升级。

SYN increase, develop, extend, intensify

escalation

The threat of nuclear escalation remains.

核升级的威胁仍旧存在。
...a sudden escalation of violence.

暴力事件的突然恶化

Word Link

scal, scala ≈ ladder, stairs : escalate, escalator, scale

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