Ratchet down
(费用、频率、强度等)变低
🧩 词语组成解析
n. 棘轮, 棘爪\\n[机] 棘轮, 棘齿轮
down
[daʊn]
adv. （坐、倒、躺）下;向下;（表示范围或顺序的限度）下至;
prep. （从高处）向下;（表示位置）在…的下方;（表示方向）沿着…向下;（表示时间）自…以来;
adj. 向下的;沮丧的;计算机或计算机系统停机;（以…）落后于对手的;
n. （鸟的）绒羽;绒毛;软毛;汗毛;
vt. 放下;（尤指大口或快速地）喝下;使摔倒;击落（敌机等）;
vi. [常用于祈使句中]下去;下来;卧倒;下降;
🗣️ 情景例句
The birthday dinner was held at a five-star restaurant.
生日宴会在一个五星级的宾馆里举办。
The maintaining of one vice costs more than ten virtues.
保持一件坏事的代价超过十件好事。
but a medicine that had worked so well in one form of illness would surely be of equal benefit in another,
只知道一种药对一种病有好处，肯定对另一种病也会有好处。