escalate是什么意思

双语例句

(1)The patient's treatment costs escalated in recent days.

这位病人的治疗费用近日迅速增加。

(2)Their fight quickly escalated without guests at home.

没有客人在家，他们的吵架迅速升级。

(3)The terrorist action escalated the conflict.

恐怖主义行动使冲突升级。

(4)Both unions and management fear the dispute could escalate.

工会和管理层都担心争端会升级

(5)The salaries of managers here at the company have continued to escalate over the years.

公司经理的工资年年都在增长。

(6)We do not want to escalate the war.

我们不想让战争升级。

(7)Conditions are still very tense and the fighting could escalate at any time.

形势依然很紧张，战斗随时可能升级。

(8)This tendency to escalate a situation into its worst possible conclusion is what I called awfulizing.

把一种情况逐渐地想象为最坏的结果，我称之为“杞人犹天”。

(9)See, these things escalate as well.

我们来看看，这些小事儿是怎样升级的。

(10)It does not want problems with Japan to escalate.

他也不想和日本矛盾升级化。

反义词

释义

v.

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

（使）增强；（使）变得严重；（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。

词源

"1920s （in the sense　‘travel on an escalator’）： back-formation from ESCALATOR."

考纲分布

近9年出现3次

重要程度: 4星

100%; v 使扩大; 使恶化; 加剧

考纲释义

( 1)v. 使扩大; 使恶化; 加剧

真题例句：

It is facing a food crisis as major tomato fields have been destroyed by insects, leading to a nationwide shortage and escalating prices.

它正面临着粮食危机，因为主要的番茄田被昆虫破坏，导致全国范围的短缺和价格上涨。[2017年 CET6 阅读理解A]

Facing water shortages and escalating fertilizer costs, farmers in developing countries are using raw sewage(下水道污水) to irrigate and fertilize.

面对水资源短缺和化肥成本不断上升，发展中国家的农民正在使用未经处理的污水来灌溉和施肥。[2016年 CET6 阅读理解C]

考纲分布

近16年出现0次

重要程度: 2星

0%; v 逐步增长或发展

考纲释义

( 1)v. 逐步增长或发展

(1)We escalated, so, they escalated further, and now we need to... Keep going. No, I was gonna say de-escalate.

我们升级事态，他们就进一步，现在我们得…得再进一步。不，我想说的是妥协。《The Good Wife Season 7》《傲骨贤妻第七季》

(2)Need I remind you, Mr. Reese, that his number has come up, which means that his next target may escalate beyond any simple crime.

需要我提醒你吗，里瑟先生，他的号码跳出来了，也就是说他的下一个目标，或许升级超越一般犯罪了。《Person of Interest Season 4》《疑犯追踪 第四季》