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.)
  1. 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。
  2. 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.)
  1. House prices have escalated rapidly.房价已急速上涨。
  2. 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)
  1. The cost of living is escalating.生活费用在迅速上涨。
用作及物动词S+ ~+n./pron.
  1. 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
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