escalate

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈɛs.kə.leɪt/    美 /ˈɛs.kə.leɪt/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To increase (something) in extent or intensity; to intensify or step up. ambitransitive
    — Violence escalated during the election.
  2. In technical support, to transfer a customer, a problem, etc. to the next higher level of authority transitive
    — The tech 1 escalated the caller to a tech 2.
  3. To climb. uncommon
    — Thus, actually a prior uncounselled misdemeanor conviction may often prove to be a boon to one escalating the ladder of crime to the point where he has been convicted of a major aggravated offense.
  4. To move by escalator. rare
    — Escalator after escalator flowed up to the heights above, […] Dov escalated up beside me, scowling.

词形变化

escalates present,singular,third-person escalating participle,present escalated participle,past escalated past

词汇关系

衍生词
de-escalate escalatingly escalation escalatory reescalate unescalated
相关词
escalator scale

词源

Back-formation from escalator.
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