de-escalated
past participle, past simple ofde-escalate
| 单词 | de-escalated |
| 释义 | de-escalated past participle, past simple ofde-escalate de-escalate verb[IorT] uk/ˌdiːˈes.kə.leɪt/us/ˌdiːˈes.kə.leɪt/to (causeto)becomelessdangerousordifficult: Thegovernmenthas taken thesemeasuresin anattemptto de-escalate theconflict. There aresignsthat theconfrontationisbeginningto de-escalate. Synonym wind(something)down Opposite escalate Becoming and making less strong
Examplesofde-escalatedde-escalated In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. You cannot cherry-pick when it comes to human rights, and it is not by breaching human rights that the conflict will bede-escalated. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English Itde-escalatedonly when we ended internment and started tackling the problem through the courts. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Until they arede-escalatedwe shall not be able to stop that high unemployment and the big price rises. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If there is to be an election, the guerrilla war must bede-escalated. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The country heaved a sigh of relief when that disputede-escalatedinto nothing more than a work-to rule. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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