escalation
英 [esk?'le??(?)n]
美[,?sk?'le??n]
- n. 增加；擴大；逐步上升
GRE中低頻詞
詞態變化
復數:?escalations;動詞:?escalate;
英文詞源
- escalation (n.)
- 1938, derived noun from escalate; the figurative sense is earliest, originally in reference to the battleship arms race among global military powers.
雙語例句
- 1. 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。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The US military wants to avoid the graduated escalation that marked the Vietnam War.
- 美國軍方希望避免出現類似于越南戰爭那樣逐步升級的態勢。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The threat of nuclear escalation remains.
- 核升級的威脅仍舊存在。
來自辭典例句
- 4. Escalation is thus an aspect of deterrence and of crisis management.
- 因此逐步升級是威懾和危機處理的一個方面.
來自辭典例句
- 5. 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.
來自辭典例句