To ratchet up tensions with 加剧紧张关系
PHRASAL VERB If something ratchets up or is ratcheted up, it increases by a fixed amount or degree, and seems unlikely to decrease again. 稳步提高; 使...稳步提高 [journalism]
...an attempt to ratchet up the pressure.
...一次稳步加大压力的尝试。
He fears inflation will ratchet up as the year ends.
他担心通胀会随着年底临近而只升不降。
He fears inflation will ratchet up as the year ends.
他担心通胀会随着年底临近而只升不降。
These Numbers would ratchet up further were Spain to default.
如果西班牙违约，这些数字将进一步上升。
And from the employee's perspective, they don't want to ratchet up an uncomfortable situation to an even more unbearable level.
而从员工的角度来说，他们才不想把事情弄的更糟。
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