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.And the fact that you know it must end, but don't know exactly when, ratchets up the annoying factor.
而且事实上你知道这个对话必须结束，但你不知道确切什么时候结束，这就增加了生气的因素。
2."Every time we have a vote like this, it ratchets up the pressure, " he said.
他说：“每当我们有像这样一个投票结果时，就会引起压力”。
3.Whether it's sugar or heroin, the body steadily ratchets up the quantity necessary to provide the same high.
无论是糖还是海洛因，假若要身体获得同样强度的快感，摄入量就会持续攀升。
4.Both ratchets were triggered, and the management and staff ended up with a total 20 per cent of the company.
上述两项递增条款都被触发，高级管理层和员工最终共获得了20%的股权。
5.The key to the extraordinary returns for the top people were two so- called ratchets , customary in private equity deals .
高级管理人员获得超高回报的关键在于两项所谓的股权比例递增条款，这种做法在私人股本交易中较为普遍。
6.Look for more solar deals to come from Chinese buyers a in the months ahead, as Beijing ratchets up its buying to support this sector.
随着中国政府积极扶持下，未来一个月期待会有更多来自中国买主的太阳能协议。
7.The news ratchets up the pressure on Swiss bank secrecy.
这一消息加大了瑞士银行保密方面的压力。
8.The effort involved to throw a party ratchets up several notches, as people host barbecues and picnics and water-skiing parties.
在他们举行烤肉、野餐和参加水上滑雪派对时，他们会把派对分成几个等级一步步推进。
9.''You see ratchets everywhere in life, '' Dr. Abbott said.
“在生活中你到处都可以看到棘轮，”Abbott博士说。
10.Life itself may have been bootstrapped by ratchets, Dr. Abbott said.
生命本身或许就是通过棘轮的方式自我引导的，Abbott博士说。