| 单词 | ratchet effect |
| 释义 | ratchet effectnounintermittent growth, increase, expansion, or the like: the ratchet effect of defense expenditures. Origin of ratchet effectFirst recorded in 1965–70 Words nearby ratchet effectratbite fever, ratcatcher, ratch, rat cheese, ratchet, ratchet effect, ratchet jack, ratchet wheel, rat claw foot, rate, rateable Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for ratchet effectratchet effect nouneconomics 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 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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