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单词 escalate
释义 escalate
 —escalation,  n.   —escalatory /es"keuh leuh tawr'ee, -tohr'ee/,  adj.  
 /es"keuh layt'/, v.t., v.i., escalated, escalating.
  1. to increase in intensity, magnitude, etc.: to escalate a war; a time when prices escalate.
  2. to raise, lower, rise, or descend on or as if on an escalator.
 [1920-25; back formation from ESCALATOR]
 Syn. 1. advance, mount, swell.
 Ant. 1. lower, decrease, fall.
 Pronunciation. See percolate.
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