英:['eskəleɪtərɪ]
美:['eskəleɪtərɪ]
英:['eskəleɪtərɪ]
美:['eskəleɪtərɪ]
verb
intransitive verb
to increase in extent, volume, number, amount, intensity, or scope
a little war threatens to escalate into a huge ugly one—Arnold Abrams
transitive verb
expand sense 2
1965年,由 escalate 和 -ory 组成。
back-formation from escalator
The first known use of escalate was in 1944
escapismnoun
a habit of thinking or a form of entertainment about purely imaginary or amusing things that provides an escape from reality or everyday matters
escapeenoun
one that has escapedespecially: an escaped prisoner
escape1 of 2verb
to get away escape from a burning building
escape from the daily routine
to leak out from some enclosed place
gas is escaping
to grow in the wild after being in cultivation
to get out of the way of : avoid
escape punishment
to fail to be noticed or recalled by
the name escapes me
to come out from or be uttered by unexpectedly or almost uncontrollably
a sigh of relief escaped us
escape2 of 2noun
an act or instance of escaping
a means of escaping
a cultivated plant growing wild
escapadenoun
a mischievous adventure
escalateverb
to increase in extent, volume, or scope : expand
escalate prices
1 India's patience next time is not going to ponder escalatory ladders, and they are going to find a way to strike back.
印度下一次就不会再有耐心担心战事升级的问题了,他们会想办法反击。
2 Some analysts already believe that Russian military doctrine allows for the use of a single "de-escalatory" nuclear strike, in case of a conventional war, to force the other side to stand down.
一些分析师已经确信,俄罗斯军事原则允许在常规战争中使用一次“降温”核打击,迫使对方停止行动。
3 The conflict has escalated into an all-out war.
4 a time of escalating tensions
5 We are trying not to escalate the violence.
6 Salaries of leading executives have continued to escalate.
7 The cold weather has escalated fuel prices.
8 After working-class contractor Danny (Steven Yeun) nearly plows his vehicle into affluent business owner Amy’s (Ali Wong) SUV, their road rage incident soon escalates into a full-on feud.
9 But tensions started to escalate after some protesters recently demonstrated outside the homes of some regents, including their chair.
2 规模扩大
3 增大
increased enhanced rising step-up stepped-up increase gain rise swell increment enlargement augmentation intensification aggrandizement grow bulk augment greaten fatten aggrandize
4 增多
5 增大的
6 使增大
7 逐步升级