🔍 牛津詞典
🔍 朗文詞典 🎯
🔍 劍橋詞典
🔍 柯林斯詞典
🔍 麥美倫詞典
🔍 韋氏詞典

檢索以下詞典：
(Mr. Ng 不推薦使用 Google 翻譯！)
最近搜尋：
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 11155 COCA: 7542

escalate

Word family 
es·ca·late /ˈeskəleɪt/ ●○○ verb [intransitiveI, transitiveT]  
1  INCREASE IN ACTIVITY, FEELINGS ETCif fighting, violence, or a bad situation escalates, or if someone escalates it, it becomes much worse (使)〔战斗、暴力事件或不好的情况〕升级；(使)恶化
escalate into
 Her fear was escalating into panic.
她越来越害怕，最后变得惊慌失措。
 The fighting on the border is escalating.
边境地区的战事在不断升级。
 We do not want to escalate the war.
我们不想让战争升级。
2  INCREASE IN NUMBER OR AMOUNTto become higher or increase, or to make something do this (使)升高；(使)增加
 The costs were escalating alarmingly.
成本在以惊人的速度增长。
 policies that escalate their own costs
促使其自身成本增加的政策
 escalating crime
愈演愈烈的犯罪活动
► see thesaurus at increase
—escalation /ˌeskəˈleɪʃən/ noun [countableC, uncountableU]
 the escalation of fighting in June
6月份战事的升级
 a rapid escalation in value
快速升值
Examples from the Corpus
escalate• Hip replacements were once a rarity: now they can be carried out easily and the call for them has escalated.• Staff saw costs escalating and sales slumping as the effect of the recession hit the company.• As Amy came of age, discord between her parents escalated, and she was essentially on her own by age 15.• We worked hard to avoid escalating any kinds of conflict.• Land costs are escalating, causing concern among local builders.• The number of attacks on foreign aid workers has escalated dramatically.• Do premiums escalate each year or not because you grow older?• Gas prices are expected to continue to escalate in the short term.• A dispute on the dance floor quickly escalated into violence.• The other side beats people, humiliates them, escalates its campaign to deny them their rights.• The jealousy she felt was escalating out of all control.• Medicare and Medicaid have a plethora of policies that escalate their own costs.• The cost of the new building has escalated to a worrying level.
From Longman Business Dictionary
escalatees·ca·late /ˈeskəleɪt/ verb [intransitiveI]
if amounts, prices etc escalate, they increase
They saw costs escalating and sales slumping as the effect of rising oil prices hit the company.
—escalation noun [uncountableU]
The rapid escalation of loan defaults in the area has caused concern.
Origin escalate
(1900-2000) escalator
es·ca·late verb
Chinese
Syllable
Corpus
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 11155 COCA: 7542
escalate

verb¹

 1become/make sth worse( 使 ) 惡化ADVERB | PREPOSITION ADVERB➤quickly, rapidly迅速惡化▸➤gradually, steadily逐漸加劇◇Violence between the two sides has been steadily escalating.雙方的暴力衝突在逐步升級。◇The risks gradually escalate.風險逐步升級。➤suddenly突然惡化PREPOSITION➤into升級為◇The conflict could escalate rapidly into a full-scale war.衝突可能迅速升級為全面戰爭。➤to升級為◇a small local disagreement that escalates to civil war升級為內戰的小規模地方爭端
escalate

verb²

 2increase上升ADVERB | PREPOSITION ADVERB➤dramatically急劇上升◇Prices had recently escalated dramatically.近來價格急劇上漲。➤sharply急劇增加◇The cost of raw materials has escalated sharply.原料的成本急劇上漲。PREPOSITION➤to增加至◇The budget escalated to £32 million.預算增加至 3,200 萬英鎊。
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 11155 COCA: 7542
escalate verb
⇨ rise
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 11155 COCA: 7542
escalate
To make something worse: worsen, compound, escalate...
To become worse: worsen, decline, deteriorate...
To increase, or to increase something: increase, go up, add to...
Rates of increase and the process of increasing: uptick, increase, growth...
Changes for the worse: contamination, regression, lapse...

👨🏻‍🏫 Mr. Ng 朗文詞典 📚 – longman.mister5️⃣.net
切換為繁體中文
Site Uptime