ratcheting ['rætʃɪtɪŋ]

例句:

• Pakistan has never resorted to war-mongering or ratcheting up tensions.
  来自VOA
• The ratcheting of materials corresponds to progressive inelastic deformation, under cyclic loading.
  材料在循环载荷作用下产生的塑性变形的逐渐累积现象称为棘轮效应.
  
• Federal health officials have been expanding recommendations for annual flu shots, potentially ratcheting up demand.
  联邦健康官员们已经扩大年了年度流感注射人群范围, 潜在的增大了疫苗需求.
  
• 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.
  
• Committee members were clearly ratcheting up the bar.
  来自THETIMES
• The union movement has not been responsible for ratcheting up inflation.
  来自Daily Telegraph