escalate
v. (使)扩大,恶化,升级
If a bad situation escalates or if someone or something escalates it, it becomes greater in size, seriousness, or intensity.
Both unions and management fear the dispute could escalate...
工会和管理层都担心争端会恶化。
The protests escalated into five days of rioting...
抗议升级为为期5天的骚乱。
1. increase in extent or intensity;
Shouting may seem necessary, but it tends to escalate conflicts.
大喊大叫也许比较容易, 但是它容易导致使冲突升级.
A conventional skirmish would escalate into a nuclear exchange.
传统的小规模战斗更有可能逐步升级为核战争.
So a skirmish could escalate into a war of mutual survival.
所以一场小小冲突也可能激化为双方余下的人员之间的战争.
Eswar Prasad, professor of trade economics at Cornell University , warned that the disagreement could escalate.
康奈尔大学(CornellUniversity)贸易经济学教授埃斯瓦尔?普拉萨德(EswarPrasad)警告称,这一分歧有可能升级.
Log trouble tickets and escalate to Level 2 support as required.
登陆问题以及水平2要求的支持.