[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词]（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.
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Both unions and management fear the dispute could escalate...
工会和管理层都担心争端会恶化。
The protests escalated into five days of rioting...
抗议升级为为期5天的骚乱。
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。
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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
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es·cal·ate/ˈeskəleɪt; NAmEˈeskəleɪt/verb[intransitive , transitive ]to become or make sth greater, worse, more serious, etc. （使）逐步扩大，不断恶化，加剧escalate(into sth) ◆The fighting escalated into a full-scale war.这场交战逐步扩大为全面战争。◆the escalating costsof health care 逐渐增加的保健费用escalatesth (into sth) ◆We do not want to escalate the war.我们不想让战争升级。▶es·cal·ationescalationescalations/ˌeskəˈleɪʃn; NAmEˌeskəˈleɪʃn/noun[countable , uncountable ]◆an escalation in food prices食品价格的不断上涨◆further escalation of the conflict冲突的进一步加剧escalateescalatesescalatedescalatinges·cal·ate/ˈeskəleɪt; NAmEˈeskəleɪt/es·cal·ation/ˌeskəˈleɪʃn; NAmEˌeskəˈleɪʃn/
1if fighting, violence, or a bad situation escalates, or if someone escalates it, it becomes much worseescalate into Her fear was escalating into panic. The fighting on the border is escalating. We do not want to escalate the war.2to become higher or increase, or to make something do this: The costs were escalating alarmingly. policies that escalate their own costs escalating crime► see thesaurus at
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—escalation /ˌeskəˈleɪʃən/ noun [countable, uncountable]: the escalation of fighting in June a rapid escalation in value
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