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V-ERG
（使）扩大;（使）恶化;（使）升级 If a bad situation escalates or if someone or something escalates it, it becomes greater in size, seriousness, or intensity.
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Both unions and management fear the dispute could escalate...
工会和管理层都担心争端会恶化。
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The protests escalated into five days of rioting...
抗议升级为为期5天的骚乱。
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Defeat could cause one side or other to escalate the conflict.
失败可能会导致其中一方将冲突升级。
escalation
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The threat of nuclear escalation remains.
核升级的威胁仍旧存在。
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...a sudden escalation of violence.
暴力事件的突然恶化
- Verb
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1. increase in extent or intensity;
- "The Allies escalated the bombing"
- synonym： intensify，step up
- antonym： de-escalate，weaken，step down
