- escalate
 - ['eskəleit]
 - vi. 逐步增强;逐步升高
vt. 使逐步上升 
反义词
           
       参考例子
           - 1.The local war escalated into a major conflict.
 - 局部的战争逐步升级成大规模的冲突。
 
- 2.Unfortunately, plague can be difficult to detect and can quickly escalate in severity.
 - 不幸的是,瘟疫可能很难检测和可以快速升级的严重性。
 
- 3.Now you switch into the present tense to draw your listener in as you escalate the problem.
 - 当你在升级问题的时候,你要转换进入到现在时态来吸引你的听众。
 
英文解释
           - v.
 - 1.increase in extent or intensity
 
网络释义
               - escalate
 - 使(战争)逐步升级; 升级; 逐步上升; 逐步升高;
 
- Tariff Escalate
 - 关税升级;
 
- escalate - diminish
 - 逐步升高 - 减少;
 
- de-escalate
 - 逐步降级; 使逐步降级; 降低;