英语释义

1. a mechanism that consists of a bar or wheel having inclined teeth into which a pawl drops so that motion can be imparted to the wheel or bar, governed, or prevented and that is used in a hand tool (such as a wrench or screwdriver) to allow effective motion in one direction only

2. a pawl or detent for holding or propelling a toothed wheel

3. to cause to move by steps or degrees —usually used with up or down
tried to ratchet down the debt

4. to proceed by steps or degrees

5. a device made up of a wheel or bar with many teeth along its edge in between which a piece fits so that the wheel or bar can move only in one direction

6. to increase or decrease (something) especially by a series of small steps or amounts

片语

ratcheting action爬梯现象

ratcheting stress棘轮应力

ratcheting sound刻锯齿声

transformation ratcheting相变棘轮

ratchet up逐渐升高；略微调高

ratcheting box嘎拉拉

ratchet effect齿轮效应

ratcheting boundary棘轮边界

ratcheting down变低

ratchet wheel[机] 棘轮

ratcheting deformation棘轮变形

英汉例句

• and he would spend the rest of his career trying to repeat the experience working many of the same maneuvers into his music: another duet, another rock guitar, another ratcheting dance track.

  他在后半生中不停地重复同样的策略：二重唱、摇滚吉它和太空步。

• at the same time, lyndon b. johnson was ratcheting up the vietnam war, so the gulf of tonkin resolution was passed in 1964, which authorized bombing raids on cambodia.

  与此同时约翰逊总统要将越南战争升级，所以，在1964年，《东京湾决议》获得通过，这也使在柬埔寨的空袭，得到了授权。

• in these conditions, the banks have (so far) profited handsomely from ratcheting up their own risk-taking.

  在这种情况下，投行(目前为止)已从改善自身的风险行为中获益颇丰。

• other innovations, like live streaming video, are also ratcheting up the online video stakes.

  其它的革新，像流媒体视频直播，也正在增加对在线视频的投资。

• so with the u.s. economy in a recession, google is ratcheting back spending and cutting new projects.

  因此，随着美国经济步入衰退，谷歌也在削减支出并裁减新项目。

• a few months ago, a shocking study suggested that as children pile on the pounds, they「re putting stress on blood vessels and ratcheting up the likelihood of cardiovascular problems in the future.

  几个月前，一项研究得出令人震惊的结果：随着儿童体重的增长，对血管的压力会增加，提高了未来产生心脑血管问题的风险。

• but he made another (「think about the children」, 1985), then another (「slave」, 1987), all the time notching up more sales and ratcheting up the menace in the music.

  但是他又在1985年制作了另外一张专辑「一切为了孩子」，接着又在1987年制作了「奴隶」，他一直不断地在提高自己唱片的销量，也不断在音乐中增强对政府的威胁。

• others argue that there has been a ratcheting up of meanness -- that the changes in technology have made us nastier and more cynical.

  另一种观点认为，人性的卑鄙一面确实在不断滋生壮大──科技进步让人们变得更为龌龊，更加玩世不恭。

• i describe an upward ratcheting mechanism which triggers an 「educational cascade.」

  我描述其为一种能引发一场「教育变革」的棘轮机制。

• but it was previously done using a ratcheting mechanism which required heavy solid parts such as a clutch.

  但以前是用棘轮机构来实现的，并且需要重而坚固的部件，比如离合器。

• but if other exporters do follow russia’s example they may frighten importers into buying more wheat at whatever cost, ratcheting prices up even more.

  但是，倘若各小麦出口国真的要步俄罗斯的后尘，出台出口禁令的话，各进口国可能就会因此陷入恐慌，不惜一切代价购买更多的小麦，小麦价格也会因此逐步抬升。

• the ratcheting up of external pressure, especially from its arab counterparts, worries bashar assad」s regime.

  外部压力的逐渐提升，尤其是来自同为阿拉伯国家的，困扰着阿萨德政权。

• younger investors should still load up on stocks, advisers say, ratcheting them to as high as 80 percent of their portfolios.

  理财顾问们说，年轻的投资者们还是应该大量持有股票 ，股票投资在他们的投资组合中应该占高达80%的比例。

• it is ratcheting up mandatory emissions controls for vehicles and struggling to reduce the number of aging, heavily polluting buses on its roads.

  强制性加大对车辆的排放控制，尽力消减道路上老化及污染严重的公共汽车数量。

• for 2010 and 2011, banks face a steady ratcheting up of capital-to-asset ratios.

  2010和2011年里，银行面临着稳定逐步提高的资本充足率。

• most of this work has been carried out in computer simulation, but the ratcheting mechanism has been demonstrated in the laboratory.

  这项工作的大部分是由计算机模拟来完成的，但是棘轮机制是在实验室里证实的。

• tact personified, the woman somehowresisted the impulse to grab his nose with her fist and give it severalturns counterclockwise till it made a ratcheting noise.

  为了保持行为得体，女人们还是制止住了自己用手抓住他的鼻子按逆时针猛转几个圈直到听见机轮转动声音的沖动。

• as its name indicates, it involves ratcheting up the pressure on users of file-sharing software by sending them warnings by e-mail and letter and then restricting their internet access.

  如其名所示，惩罚性断网向使用资源共享软件的用户步步施压——通过发送电子邮件或信件的方式和限制用户上网。

• the arms race in digital effects has contributed to the ratcheting up of apocalyptic scenarios.

  数码特效领域的「军备竞赛」也令末世场景的角逐不断升温。

• throughout the job-strapped continent, it is ratcheting up its hiring, having announced plans to add one thousand european employees this year alone.

  在这个就业形势比较困难的大陆上，它一直改变他的招人计划，还宣布将就只今年将会招收1000名欧洲员工。

• but i don’t think it’s a significant enough ratcheting up to actually turn a corner in a constructive way.

  我认为这是由于华盛顿压力越来越大，但我不认为这种压力会真的大到足以扭转为建设性的途径。