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escalate vt.升级vi.升高；逐步升级 (1) 大喊大叫也许比较容易，但是它容易导致使冲突升级。(2) 政府出于政治目的蓄意使战争逐步升级。(3) 房价已急速上涨。(4) 即使是局部的对抗也可能扩大成一场大战。 When you see this word, picture an escalator that takes you up to the next floor quickly. But remember, there's something you don't like on that higher level because it's usually bad if something escalates. Prices escalate when something becomes scarce, be it a popular toy, a concert ticket, or food during a crisis. And if a war or conflict escalates, it becomes more intense and violent.

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英 ['eskəleɪt] 美 ['eskəleɪt] (1) Shouting may seem necessary, but it tends to escalate conflicts.(2) The government is deliberately escalating the war for political reasons.(3) House prices have escalated rapidly.(4) Even a limited confrontation can escalate into a major war. If an argument between you and your brother progresses from mean looks to a fist fight, you could say that the tension between the two of you escalated. To escalate is intensify or increase quickly. 1[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.   [V]  [V into n]  [V n]  [JOURNALISM 新闻]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。escalationThe 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

英语单词	escalate
英美音标	英 ['eskəleɪt] 美 ['eskəleɪt]
中文释义	vt.升级 vi.升高；逐步升级
英语例句	(1) Shouting may seem necessary, but it tends to escalate conflicts. (2) The government is deliberately escalating the war for political reasons. (3) House prices have escalated rapidly. (4) Even a limited confrontation can escalate into a major war.
中文例句	(1) 大喊大叫也许比较容易，但是它容易导致使冲突升级。 (2) 政府出于政治目的蓄意使战争逐步升级。 (3) 房价已急速上涨。 (4) 即使是局部的对抗也可能扩大成一场大战。
vocabulary简明	If an argument between you and your brother progresses from mean looks to a fist fight, you could say that the tension between the two of you escalated. To escalate is intensify or increase quickly.
vocabulary扩展	When you see this word, picture an escalator that takes you up to the next floor quickly. But remember, there's something you don't like on that higher level because it's usually bad if something escalates. Prices escalate when something becomes scarce, be it a popular toy, a concert ticket, or food during a crisis. And if a war or conflict escalates, it becomes more intense and violent.
柯林斯解释	1 [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. [V] [V into n] [V n] [JOURNALISM 新闻] 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。 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

Escalate Escalation War Prices Escalated Quickly Bad [V