When you escalate a complaint, you take it to a higher level.

当你把投诉升级时，你会把它提升到一个更高的等级。

The police say they were forced to open fire when the situation escalated.

警方表示，因局势升级，他们被。

Attacks on security forces have only escalated.

针对安全部队的袭击也不断升级。

No one here wants to escalate the situation.

没人想要把局面变得更糟。

Heavy rains can escalate quickly and turn a light drizzle into a raging river.

暴雨形成及其迅速——刚刚还是毛毛细雨，不一会儿就已经出现湍急的河流。

Both measures have escalated tensions between the Asian neighbors to new levels.

这两项措施将这两个亚洲邻之间的紧张局势升级到了新的水平。

Violence escalated over the potential eviction of Palestinians from land claimed by Jewish settlers.

巴勒斯坦人可能被驱逐出犹太居民宣称的土地，导致暴力升级。

Am I going to escalate the situation to the point where someone dies?

有人死了情况才能升级吗?

Ukraine's foreign ministry said Russia was deliberately escalating the crisis in the region.

乌克兰外交部称俄罗斯是在故意使该地区的危机升级。

Yemen's humanitarian crisis is escalating to devastating levels.

也门的人道主义危机已经上升为毁灭性级别。

Iran accuses the Trump Administration of escalating the situation.

伊朗指责Trump政府使局势升级。

I verified my data, insisted to our executive staff that we urgently escalate the matter.

我核实数据后，坚持向行政人员要求将此事件升等加急。

When back and forth tariffs escalate and the prices of imported products rise.

双方相互征加关税，导致两进口商品价格上升。

And things escalated when members of Armenia's opposition political party were held by police.

当亚美尼亚反对派政党的成员被警方拘留时，事态进一步升级。

But as our climate crisis escalates, it's clear that this linear system cannot continue.

但随着气候危机的加剧，显然这个线性系统无法持续。

President Trump has described the escalating trade war with China as a little squabble.

特朗普称，中美贸易战虽然升级了，但只是小打小闹。

The conflict escalated, and by the time it was over, all but three were dead.

冲突升级，当冲突结束时，除了三人外，其他人都死了。

This escalated into a riot, and windows were broken.

这升级为一场骚乱，窗户被打破了。

The move escalating an offensive that has drawn warnings of humanitarian catastrophe.

此举将攻势升级，招致外界对人道主义灾难的警示。

We are looking at the verb escalate, which means to go up or increase.

我们正在看动词升级，意思是上升或增加。