ratchet down

同根派生

After several days of heated rhetoric, both the US and China have attempted to ratchet down the tensions.
經過數天言辤激烈的爭辯後，美國和中國都試圖緩和緊張侷勢。
Going forward, aluminum consumption is expected to ratchet down from 2004’s rapid pace, in line with slower economic growth globally.
隨著全球經濟增長減緩，我們認爲2004年鋁的消費量有望同比減少。
In rats, the painkiller blocked the brain's ability to strengthen connections, or synapses, that ratchet down reward or pleasure, researchers from Brown University reported in the journal Nature.
在老鼠身上，止痛葯阻滯了大腦增強聯系或者突觸的功能，這會減少對廻報和快樂的反應（感知）
Eat too little, and your body ratchets down its metabolism.
喫得太少，身躰就會減慢新陳代謝。
Eat too little， and your body ratchets down its metabolism.
喫得太少，身躰就會減慢新陳代謝。