ratchet effect

基本解釋

This creates a ratchet effect.
正是這種情況導(dǎo)致了棘輪效應(yīng)。
Switching between the two games seemed to create a ratchet-like effect.
在兩個游戲中切換似乎產(chǎn)生了類似棘輪的效應(yīng)。
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.
同時，消費需求與物價水平的“雙棘輪效應(yīng)”促使實際消費需求穩(wěn)步增長，“財富效應(yīng)”強化了消費需求增長趨勢。

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