escalation

英 [eskə'leɪʃ(ə)n]美 [,ɛskə'leʃən]
  • n. 增加；扩大；逐步上升
GRE 中低频词

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