"ratchet up" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 逐步提升
• 逐渐增加

Definition

指有步骤地逐渐增加某事，通常是有计划或有意识地使其变得更多或更高。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

多用于正式、新闻或商业语境，描述成本、压力、产量等逐步上升。意为渐增且常不可逆。常见搭配有 'ratchet up pressure'（加大压力）、'ratchet up prices'（提高价格）。不常用于日常会话。

Examples

The company plans to ratchet up production next year.

公司计划明年**逐步提升**产量。

They decided to ratchet up security after the incident.

事件后他们决定**逐步提升**安保措施。

We need to ratchet up our efforts if we want to win.

如果我们想赢，就需要**逐步提升**努力。

Rising costs have forced them to ratchet up prices several times this year.

成本上升迫使他们今年**多次逐步提升**价格。

With every new threat, the government ratchets up pressure on the opposition.

每次出现新威胁，政府都会**逐步提升**对反对派的压力。

If talks fail, both sides are likely to ratchet up their demands.

如果谈判失败，双方很可能会**逐步提升**各自的要求。