英语释义

• move by degrees in one direction only;

  "a ratcheting lopping tool"

• mechanical device consisting of a toothed wheel or rack engaged with a pawl that permits it to move in only one direction

片语

friction ratchet摩擦棘轮机构

ratchet up逐渐升高；略微调高

ratchet effect齿轮效应

ratchet wheel[机] 棘轮

ratchet drill棘轮扳鉆

ratchet bar棘齿条

RESCUE RATCHET救护车

Partial ratchet部分棘轮

ratchet purchase棘齿起重设备

Ratchet system棘轮机构

Ratchet buckle棘轮扣

英汉例句

• thus, while we read the paper or carry on a conversation, thehypothalamus--activated by leptin or some other compound--orders cellsand tissues to ratchet up energy expenditure.

  这样一来，当我们看报纸或接着聊天时，下丘脑——由瘦素或其它复合物质激活）就命令细胞和细胞组织增加能量消耗。

• they have been driven by a ratchet effect.

  这些法律都由棘轮效应驱使。

• if attempts to ease growth lower have misfired, efforts to ratchet it up again may not go so well either.

  如果减缓增长的尝试都失败了，那么再次将它推高的努力可能也不会多么容易。

• each tooth on a ratchet has two sides, one that goes up and one that goes down.

  棘轮上的每一个齿有两个边，一个向上，一个向下。

• dr akeson, meanwhile, created a clever ratchet arrangement by attaching a polymerase enzyme to the ahl protein.

  同时埃克森博士通过在ahl蛋白质上附着聚合酶，来创造了一种巧妙的棘轮排布。

• now, ratchet up the calculations for a hurricane about the size of missouri and the figures get really massive.

  现在，逐步计算像密苏里飓风那样的热带风暴的含水量，数据真是大的惊人。

• the men said they were indian, but the attacks appeared to ratchet up tensions in an already volatile region.

  男子说他们是印度人，但是此次袭击使到本已敏感多变的地区更加剑拔弩张。

• dr. parrando then translated a flashing ratchet into the language of game theory.

  随后帕隆多博士将脉沖式棘齿（的工作方式）用博弈论的语言描述。

• and, if demand is really high, it can ratchet up the price per ads of the ipo, which often happens with the most sought-after offerings.

  此外如果需求真的很高，人人可以略微调高ipo的美国存托股票单价，而这种情况通常发生在最受追捧的ipo身上。

• that episode also prodded many scientists to ratchet up their efforts to understand tsunamis and communicate their danger.

  那些片断也促使科学家努力去研究海啸并且把他们的危害传达给人们。

• this creates a ratchet effect.

  正是这种情况导致了棘轮效应。

• these numbers would ratchet up further were spain to default.

  如果西班牙违约，这些数字将进一步上升。

• continue your illicit nuclear program and the international community as a whole will ratchet up pressure with stronger and increased sanctions.

  如果继续进行违禁的核项目，那么整个国际社会将以更强硬、范围更大的制裁来施加压力。

• it would be nice to think that democracy would do that, concentrating voters「 preferences for good government and creating an electoral ratchet in favour of modern, efficient public services.

  如果民主能做到这点，让选民喜爱良好的政府，建立选举的机制，以有利于现代有效的公共服务，那该多好。

• clients foot the ever-growing bills (e-discovery services are now a business estimated to be worth between $1.2 billion and $2.8 billion) as the lawyers ratchet up their demands of each other.

  委托人承担日益高昂的费用（电子透露服务业目前估价在12亿美元至28亿美元之间），而律师则不断要求对方提供更多信息。

• they have been driven by a ratchet effect.individual american politicians have great latitude to propose new laws.

  它们是棘轮效应驱动下的产物。美国政客们有很大的自由提出新法律。

• and once they have the money, their standards of acceptable consumption might ratchet up so they actually need the gift to compensate.

  而且一旦他们得到了钱，他们对于可接受的消费程度的标準就会提升，因此他们实际上就需要这一馈赠来满足它了。

• he」s kind and forgiving, and he knows how to handle a ratchet screwdriver.

  他善良、宽容，还懂得使用棘轮螺丝刀。

• ethnic-minority privileges are a ratchet as well as a racket: given enough lobbying, they are introduced, but are then hard to removed, even if the original grievance has long since been ameliorated.

  少数民族特权是一个棘齿也是一个谎言：给予足够的空间它们就可以插入，但是自那之后即使原来的怨恨长久以来有所改善，也会很难消除。

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