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escalate/ˈeskəleɪt//ˈeskəleɪt/ ★★★★v. - escalates
- escalating
- escalated
- escalated
vt- ① 节节升高(战争等);扩大
- They were escalating their attack on the mayor.他们正在升高对市长的攻击。
- escalate a conventional war into a nuclear war把传统战争为核子战
vi- ① (战争等)节节升高;扩大
- Tension is escalating between the two countries.那两国之间的紧张关系正在节节升高。
- The conflict might escalate into a nuclear confrontation.那场冲突可能升高[扩大]为核子对抗。
- ② (工资、物价等)节节升高
- Food prices have escalated rapidly.食物的价格迅速攀升。
同义词- aggrandize
- amplify
- augment
- beef up
- boost
- build
- build up
- burgeon
- enlarge
- expand
- extend
- grow
- increase
- magnify
- mount
- multiply
- proliferate
- rise
- run up
- snowball
- soar
- swell
- upsurge
- wax
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