escalation

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˌɛs.kəˈleɪ.ʃən/    美 /ˌɛs.kəˈleɪ.ʃən/|/ˌes.kəˈlæɪ.ʃən/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of escalating. countable,uncountable
  2. An increase or rise, especially to counteract a perceived discrepancy. countable,uncountable
    — Thousands of violent videos are still available on the internet, according to Alexander, who claims they lead to an escalation in offline tensions between rival gangs. "I believe some young people are losing their lives as result of this material on the internet," she said.
  3. A deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict. countable,uncountable
    — The 1840s saw a further escalation, with new laws treating most slave ships captured as pirates, and a number of military expeditions being mounted to destroy slaving centres on the African coast and depose, or even kill, remaining local kings and chiefs who had refused to end slavery in their territory.
  4. The reassignment of a difficult problem to someone whose job is dedicated to handling such cases. countable,uncountable
    — The manager ensures that the escalation team generates a continuous stream of root cause analysis exercises and the subsequent corrective actions.

词形变化

escalations plural

词汇关系

反义词
de-escalation
下位词
conflict escalation cost escalation horizontal escalation privilege escalation re-escalation technological escalation vertical escalation
衍生词
escalation dominance escalation hypothesis escalation of commitment escalation plan
相关词
escalatory

词源

Etymology tree
English escalate
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin -ātiōlbor.
Old French -ationbor.
Middle English -acioun
English -ation
English -ion
English escalation
From escalate + -ion.
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