學(xué)個(gè)詞 Learn A Word: ratchet up 提高，加劇

今天我們要學(xué)的詞是 ratchet up. Ratchet up 提高，加劇。U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said that Washington is ready to ratchet up pressure on increasingly aggressive North Korea. 美國國務(wù)卿克里說，美國隨時(shí)準(zhǔn)備對(duì)越來越肆無忌憚的朝鮮施加更大的壓力。The Obama administration has requested a quadrupling of defense spending in Central and Eastern Europe for fiscal year 2017, a move critics say would ratchet up Cold-War era tensions with Russia. 奧巴馬政府要求將2017年財(cái)政年度用于中歐東歐的國防開支翻兩番，批評(píng)人士認(rèn)為此舉會(huì)讓美俄冷戰(zhàn)時(shí)期的緊張關(guān)系再度抬頭。好的，我們今天學(xué)習(xí)的詞是 ratchet up, ratchet up, ratchet up...