escalation
n. 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. an increase to counteract a perceived discrepancy;
Any unexpected circumstance that arises may catalyze a sudden escalation of violence.
任何突如其來的情況都可能造成暴力驟然升級。
The threat of nuclear escalation remains.
核升級的威脅仍舊存在。
Escalation has conceptual affinities with bargaining theory.
逐步升級同交易理論在概念上具有相似性.
We had the capacity to expand the scale of the airlift to match any Soviet escalation.
我們有能力擴大空運的規模,同蘇聯的任何升級行動相匹敵.
But the two actions mark a big escalation of the traditional hostilities.
但這兩項行動標誌著這由來已久的敵對再次升級.