de-escalate

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /diːˈɛskəleɪt/   

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To decrease in intensity or magnitude. ambitransitive
    — We asked authors to consider two scenarios imaginable in the next five years. In the first scenario, a minor skirmish escalated into a multiweek maritime blockade of Taiwan by China. Although several dozen members of the Chinese and Taiwanese military were killed, U.S. intervention eventually forced China to de-escalate.

词形变化

de-escalates present,singular,third-person de-escalating participle,present de-escalated participle,past de-escalated past deescalate alternative

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *de
Proto-Indo-European *-h₁
Proto-Indo-European *déh₁
Proto-Italic *dē
Latin dē
Latin dē-der.
English de-
English escalate
English de-escalate
From de- + escalate.
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