ratchet effect

基本解释

This creates a ratchet effect.
正是这种情况导致了棘轮效应。
Switching between the two games seemed to create a ratchet-like effect.
在两个游戏中切换似乎产生了类似棘轮的效应。
In the meantime, the "dual ratchet effect" of consumer demand and price level triggers stable rise in real consumer demand, and the "wealth effect" strengthens the trend.
同时，消费需求与物价水平的“双棘轮效应”促使实际消费需求稳步增长，“财富效应”强化了消费需求增长趋势。

There is a ratchet effect—total spending can only move in one direction: higher.
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an effect that occurs when a price or wage increases as a result of temporary pressure but fails to fall back when the pressure is removed