escalate

escalate
[ˈɛskəleɪt]
verb
  1. [no obj.]increase rapidly
    迅速增加，迅速增长
    the price of tickets escalated.
    票价飞涨。
    [as adj. escalating]the escalating cost of health care.
    迅速增加的保健费用。
    ■become or cause to become more intense or serious
    加剧；（使）恶化，（使）升级
    [no obj.]the disturbance escalated into a full-scale riot.
    骚乱演变成了全面的暴乱。
    [with obj.]we do not want to escalate the war.
    我们不想使战争升级。
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escalation
noun
语源
  1. 1920s (in the sense 'travel on an escalator'): back-formation from escalator
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