音标：[ˈeskəleitɪŋ] ；

v. （使）逐步升级( escalate的现在分词 ); （使）逐步扩大; （使）更高; （使）更大

v increase in extent or intensity

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escalate的用法和样例：

例句

用作及物动词(vt.)

Shouting may seem necessary, but it tends to escalate conflicts.大喊大叫也许比较容易，但是它容易导致使冲突升级。
The government is deliberately escalating the war for political reasons.政府出于政治目的蓄意使战争逐步升级。

用作不及物动词(vi.)

House prices have escalated rapidly.房价已急速上涨。
Even a limited confrontation can escalate into a major war.即使是局部的对抗也可能扩大成一场大战。

常见句型

用作动词(v.)

用作不及物动词S+～(+A)

The cost of living is escalating.生活费用在迅速上涨。

用作及物动词S+ ～+n./pron.

The government escalated the war by starting to bomb enemy cities.政府开始轰炸敌方的城市，使战争进一步扩大。

词汇搭配

de-escalate(使)逐步降级...

经典引文

The white liberal must escalate his support for the struggle for racial justice.
出自：M. L. King
A dispute arose, initially involving one man,..and then escalated until some 14,000 employees..went out on indefinite strike.
出自：M. Edwardes
It all escalated from car stealing up to armed robbery.
出自：N. Mailer

【近义词】

intensify增强
worsen(使)更坏
heighten增加
go from bad to worse每况愈下
deteriorate恶化
spiral螺旋
increase增加
rocket火箭
accelerate加速
jack千斤顶
aggrandize增加
step up增加

【反义词】

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