Ratchet

The chair has a ratchet below it to adjust the height. 這把椅子下面有一個棘輪來調整高度。

He fears inflation will ratchet up as the year ends. 他擔心通脹會隨着年底臨近而只升不降。

We're trying to ratchet down the administrative costs. 我們正想法使行政管理的成本穩步降低。

This creates a ratchet effect. 正是這種情況導致了棘輪效應。

This is known as Muller's ratchet. 這就是所謂的穆勒的棘輪。

No ratchet clauses - rent can go down! 無棘輪條款—租金可以下調！

A ratchet pawl locks or releases the ratchet slider. 棘齒爪鎖定或者釋放所述棘齒滑塊。

These Numbers would ratchet up further were Spain to default. 如果西班牙違約，這些數字將進一步上升。

A ratchet spring provides tensile force to the ratchet pawl. 棘齒彈簧為所述棘齒爪提供拉力。

A ratchet mechanism transfers the thread from spool to bobbin. 一種棘齒裝置把線從線軸轉到梭心上。

A ratchet slider is movably mounted to the horizontal guide frame. 棘齒滑塊被可移動地安裝於所述水平導軌框架。

He's kind and forgiving, and he knows how to handle a ratchet screwdriver. 他善良、寬容，還懂得使用棘輪螺絲刀。

Everybody expects to be above average, so you get this ratchet effect. 而每個人都期望超越平均水平，這樣就產生了棘輪效應。

Switching between the two games seemed to create a ratchet-like effect. 在兩個遊戲中切換似乎產生了類似棘輪的效應。

Each tooth on a ratchet has two sides, one that goes up and one that goes down. 棘輪上的每一個齒有兩個邊，一個向上，一個向下。

We must make sure that the business-custom relationship is a profit ratchet . 我們必須確保商業與顧客的關係成為不可逆轉的利潤增長手段。

In a computer, the games are played 100 times, mimicking a ratchet with many teeth. 在計算機中，這個遊戲進行100次，以模擬有許多齒的棘輪。

Of course, founders should negotiate hard to avoid the highly dilutive full-ratchet. 當然創始人應當為避免高稀釋性的比例保護進行艱苦的談判。

There's nothing like a little public pressure to ratchet up the creativity quotient. 促進創造力智商上沒什麼比一點公眾壓力更好的了。

After a moment working quietly, he speaks, without looking up, ratchet screwdriver in hand. 安靜地工作了一會兒後，他一手拿着棘輪旋鑿，頭都沒抬説了句話。

This bulky piece acts a bit like a ratchet; the wheel requires some vibrational energy to get past it. 這個大型零件功能有點兒像防倒轉的棘齒；輪子需要振動能來幫助前行。

But it took the publication of "a Nation at Risk" in April 1983 to ratchet up the manufactured threat. 而公眾一直到1983年4月《危險中的國家》一書出版後才感到這種虛構的威脅。

It was a monetary ratchet, in which each cycle ended with much higher debt and much lower interest rates. 這是一個貨幣棘輪，每滾一圈就會產生更多的債務以及更少的銀行利率。

Dr Akeson, meanwhile, created a clever ratchet arrangement by attaching a polymerase enzyme to the AHL protein. 同時埃克森博士通過在AHL蛋白質上附着聚合酶，來創造了一種巧妙的棘輪排布。

As the piston descended, a ratchet engaged the piston rod and engine shaft and thus power was transmitted. 當活塞下行時，棘輪連接活塞桿和發動機軸，因此將功率輸送出去。

The men said they were Indian, but the attacks appeared to ratchet up tensions in an already volatile region. 男子説他們是印度人，但是此次襲擊使到本已敏感多變的地區更加劍拔弩張。

They have been driven by a ratchet effect.Individual American politicians have great latitude to propose new laws. 它們是棘輪效應驅動下的產物。美國政客們有很大的自由提出新法律。 ^[1]