英语释义

1. to increase in extent, volume, number, amount, intensity, or scope
a little war threatens to escalate into a huge ugly one
— Arnold Abrams

2. expand sense 2

3. to become worse or to make (something) worse or more severe

4. to become greater or higher or to make (something) greater or higher

英汉例句

• 「It is because Indian generals, politicians and diplomats can't figure out a way to strike back against Pakistan without starting an escalatory ladder,」 Riedel said.

  布鲁斯·雷德尔说：「这是因为印度军方将领、政治家和外交官们想不出办法在反击巴基斯坦的同时不使战事升级。」

• This could make defences against it difficult and raise the prospect of potentially highly escalatory strikes against launchers or associated targets in China.

  这将增强中国遭受打击的难度、潜在性地提高中国发射架或相关目标的抗打击能力。

相似词

accelerate加速；促进；增加

accumulate积攒

appreciate增值；涨价

balloon气球；热气球；球形大酒杯；对白圆圈；（非正式）蠢人；分期付款中最后一笔数目特大的还款；（非正式）大麻烦

boom(Boom) （美、荷、俄、英、比、德）博姆（人名）

build up增进，加强

climb爬；攀登；增值；（职位或社会地位的）提高；（名次的）攀升；（登山或攀缘运动中要爬的）山；山道；（飞机的）爬升

enlarge扩大；使增大；扩展

expand发展；张开，展开

gain增加；获利

increase增加；增大；提高；增强

mount（英）芒特（人名）

multiply乘；繁殖；增加

mushroom蘑菇的；蘑菇形的；迅速生长的

proliferate使激增

rise（数量或水平的）增加；加薪；（权利等）增强；上升；小丘；（诱饵）游上水面；源头；（楼梯的）级高；晋升；出现

roll up卷起；滚滚上升；到达；出现；积累成；迫敌退向中央

snowball向…掷雪球；使滚雪球般增大

spread传播，散布；展开；伸展；铺开

swell凸起处，隆起处；逐渐增长；感情高涨；浪涌；音量调节器；（非正式）名流

wax蜡制的；似蜡的

相反词

contract收缩，缩短；感染；订约；订（婚）；负（债）；结交

decrease减少，减小；减少量；减少过程

diminish减少，缩小；变小

dwindle使缩小，使减少

lessen减少；减轻；变小

recede撤回

wane衰落；变小；亏缺；退潮；消逝