escalate
v. (使)擴大,惡化,升級
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...
工會和管理層都擔心爭端會惡化。
The protests escalated into five days of rioting...
抗議升級為為期5天的騷亂。
1. increase in extent or intensity;
Shouting may seem necessary, but it tends to escalate conflicts.
大喊大叫也許比較容易, 但是它容易導致使衝突升級.
A conventional skirmish would escalate into a nuclear exchange.
傳統的小規模戰鬥更有可能逐步升級為核戰爭.
So a skirmish could escalate into a war of mutual survival.
所以一場小小衝突也可能激化為雙方餘下的人員之間的戰爭.
Eswar Prasad, professor of trade economics at Cornell University , warned that the disagreement could escalate.
康奈爾大學(CornellUniversity)貿易經濟學教授埃斯瓦爾?普拉薩德(EswarPrasad)警告稱,這一分歧有可能升級.
Log trouble tickets and escalate to Level 2 support as required.
登陸問題以及水平2要求的支援.