escalation
英 [eskə'leɪʃ(ə)n] 美 [,ɛskə'leʃən]
- n. 增加；扩大；逐步上升
词态变化
复数: escalations;动词: escalate;
英文词源
- escalation (n.)
- 1938, derived noun from escalate; the figurative sense is earliest, originally in reference to the battleship arms race among global military powers.
双语例句
- 1. Any unexpected circumstance that arises may catalyze a sudden escalation of violence.
- 任何突如其来的情况都可能造成暴力骤然升级。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The US military wants to avoid the graduated escalation that marked the Vietnam War.
- 美国军方希望避免出现类似于越南战争那样逐步升级的态势。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. The threat of nuclear escalation remains.
- 核升级的威胁仍旧存在。
来自辞典例句
- 4. Escalation is thus an aspect of deterrence and of crisis management.
- 因此逐步升级是威慑和危机处理的一个方面.
来自辞典例句
- 5. Escalation has conceptual affinities with bargaining theory.
- 逐步升级同交易理论在概念上具有相似性.
来自辞典例句