Escalating
v. （使）逐步升级( escalate的现在分词 ); （使）逐步扩大; （使）更高; （使）更大
🗣️ 情景例句
He's poor.
他很穷。
Marriage is a lottery.
婚姻是一件难于预料的事。
Many of the tourists on board had begun bargaining with the tradesmen, but I decide not to buy anything until I had disembarked.
船上许多游客开始同商贩讨价还价起来，但我打定主意上岸之前什么也不买。