increase rapidly
迅速增加,迅速增长
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the price of tickets escalated 票价飞涨
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[as adj.
escalating ]the escalating cost of health care .迅速增加的保健费用。
become or cause to become more intense or serious
(使)增强;(使)变得严重;(使)升级
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[no obj.]
the disturbance escalated into a full-scale riot 骚乱演变成了全面的暴乱
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[with obj.]
we do not want to escalate the war .我们不想使战争升级。
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