"ratchet up" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 逐步提升
• 逐漸增加

Definition

指有步驟地逐漸增加某事，通常是有計劃或有意識地使其變得更多或更高。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

多用於正式、新聞或商業語境，描述成本、壓力、產量等逐步上升。意為漸增且常不可逆。常見搭配有 'ratchet up pressure'（加大壓力）、'ratchet up prices'（提高價格）。少見於日常對話。

Examples

The company plans to ratchet up production next year.

公司計劃明年**逐步提升**產量。

They decided to ratchet up security after the incident.

事件後他們決定**逐步提升**安保措施。

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

如果我們想贏，就需要**逐步提升**努力。

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

成本上升迫使他們今年**多次逐步提升**價格。

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

每次出現新威脅，政府都會**逐步提升**對反對派的壓力。

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

如果談判失敗，雙方很可能會**逐步提升**各自的要求。