英语词汇“ratchet sth up/down”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

— phrasal verb with ratchet uk/ˈrætʃ.ɪt/us/ˈrætʃ.ɪt/verb

to increase/reduce something over a period of time:

The debate should ratchet up awareness of the problem among members of the general public.

The government was accused of ratcheting up pressure on the health services.

Costs have been ratcheted down by as much as 50 percent since 1999.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Increasing and intensifying

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单词	ratchet sth up/down
释义	English ratchet sth up/down — phrasal verb with ratchet uk/ˈrætʃ.ɪt/us/ˈrætʃ.ɪt/verb to increase/reduce something over a period of time: The debate should ratchet up awareness of the problem among members of the general public. The government was accused of ratcheting up pressure on the health services. Costs have been ratcheted down by as much as 50 percent since 1999. Thesaurus: synonyms and related words Increasing and intensifying -ify a snowball effect idiom accretion accumulate accumulative add fuel to the fire idiom balloon bump dial growing heighten hot up increase pile rack speed-up spurt step *step sth* up supersize See more results »**
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