单词escalate
v.: 不断恶化
网络: 升级；逐步升级；逐步升高
（使）逐步扩大，不断恶化，加剧:
to become or make sth greater, worse, more serious, etc.
不断提高
迅速上涨,飞快增加〔如物价、工资等〕
逐步提高
乘自动梯上升;像乘自动梯上升
使逐步上升
(战争)逐步升级
第三人称单数：escalates
现在分词：escalating
过去式：escalated
v.intensifyworsenheightengo from bad to worsedeteriorate
v.improve
Whether the protesters escalate their actions to the point where the army is forced to step in remains to be seen.
抗议人士是否会将示威活动升级到迫使军方介入的程度还有待观察。
If a change request does not receive the attention that it requires, escalate the matter by creating an issue work item.
如果更改请求未得到所需关注，则通过创建问题工作项将事情升级。
And unless results are forthcoming, the long-running drama over Iran"s nuclear ambitions could rapidly escalate into a global crisis.
除非成果即将诞生，否则围绕伊朗核野心展开的漫长剧作将可能迅速升级为一场全球危机。
But all that assumes the geopolitical rivalry between the US and China does not escalate.
但所有这些假设都建立在美中之间的地缘政治较量不会升级的前提之上。
Trying to encourage me, talk me down, or telling me that I"m acting immature will just escalate things, big time!
试图鼓励我，说话使我冷静，或者告诉我当下的行为不成熟，只会使情况升级，愈加糟糕！
"The fact that they are having to escalate underlines the problems with direct measures like capital controls, " he said.
“他们被迫升级行动，这突显出资本管制这类直接举措存在的问题，”他表示。
Try to de-escalate any conflicts you see arise -- or at least put them off until tomorrow or even later!
努力对任何你看见正在引发的冲突降级——或至少把它们延迟到明天后更晚。
Words that de-escalate a conflict are maybe, perhaps, sometimes, what if, it seems like, I feel, I think, and I wonder.
同样有些词会让冲突降级，比如：可能，也许，有时，假如这样，看上去像，我感觉，我想，我想知道。
But if a conflict were to break out in the years ahead, it could escalate beyond Iran"s borders to embroil the region and beyond.
但如果未来几年爆发冲突，它可能会扩大至伊朗境外，使整个中东乃至更远地区卷入其中。
Russia is setting aside up to $40bn for this year and next to shore up the economy in case the eurozone crisis should escalate and spread.
俄罗斯为今明两年划拨出至多400亿美元，准备在欧元区危机升级和蔓延的情况下，用来支撑本国经济。