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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