Escalating Meaning in English

word · lemma: escalate

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释义

Getting bigger, more serious, or more intense over time, especially referring to problems, costs, or arguments.

用法与细微差别

Often used for negative situations: 'escalating conflict', 'escalating prices'. Implies things are becoming worse or harder to control. More formal than 'getting worse'; avoid for positive change (use 'improving', not 'escalating happiness').

• Spanish: escalando - aumentando
• Portuguese (BR): escalando - aumentando
• Portuguese (PT): aumentando - escalando
• Chinese (Simplified): 升级的 - 逐步上升的
• Chinese (Traditional): 升級的 - 逐步上升的
• Hindi: बढ़ता हुआ - तीव्र होता हुआ
• Arabic: متصاعد - متزايد
• Bengali: বাড়তে থাকা - বাড়মান - ক্রমবর্ধমান
• Russian: растущий - усиливающийся - обостряющийся
• Japanese: 激化する - 増大する - エスカレートする
• Vietnamese: gia tăng - leo thang - tăng dần
• Korean: 격화되는 - 심각해지는 - 악화되는
• Turkish: artan - tırmanan - şiddetlenen
• Urdu: بڑھتا ہوا - شدت اختیار کرتا ہوا
• Indonesian: yang meningkat - yang memburuk - yang makin berat

例句

The escalating cost of living worries many people.

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There were escalating tensions between the two countries.

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We need to stop this escalating problem before it gets out of hand.

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Her escalating frustration was obvious during the meeting.

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The company is struggling with escalating demands from customers.

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He tried to calm the escalating argument before things got worse.

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