1.【机】棘齿;棘爪;(尤指钟表,机器的)棘轮,制轮,棘轮机构
2.〈比喻〉为使收入增长不可逆转所采取的强制手段
1.把...造成棘齿形,于...作棘齿,在...上刻锯齿
1.a part of a machine consisting of a wheel or bar with teeth on it. Another metal piece fits into it, allowing it to move in only one direction.
1.to increase or decrease by small amounts during a period of time, or to make something do this
1.They face a lot of competition, and right now they seem to be ratcheting up the price competition.
它面临很多的竞争，而且现在的价格竞争似愈演愈烈。
2.This was not a situation where the geophysical stresses were ratcheting up in a sequence that demands release.
这是不是地球物理强调棘轮在一个序列中，要求释放的情况。
3.It's trying to run its own monetary policy, raising interest rates and ratcheting back bank credit to curb inflation.
它努力实施自己的货币政策，通过加息并回笼银行信贷来遏制通货膨胀。
4.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。
5.Ratcheting up the time limit on a regular basis becomes a reasonable way of approximating that perpetuity.
定期地逐渐抬高保护年限是接近永久保护的不错方法。
6.Under the surface, however, they were ratcheting up their risk-taking.
然而，在这种表相之下，它们变得越来越喜欢冒险。
7.Most of this work has been carried out in computer simulation, but the ratcheting mechanism has been demonstrated in the laboratory.
大部分的工作需要在计算机上模拟，但是棘轮机制已经在实验室中得到了验证。
8.Moreover, there exists abnormal ratcheting strain evolution of the material and the current constitutive theories are hard to describe it.
高温下T225NG合金出现异化的棘轮应变演化关系，现在本构理论难以描述。
9.If big Fed interest rate surprises are always cuts, markets will eventually catch on, ratcheting up inflationary expectations.
如果美联储在利率方面的意外之举总是降息，市场最终会察觉，对通胀的预期也会随之上升。
10.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。