学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 2528 ratchet up

今天我们要学的词是 ratchet up. Ratchet up 提高，加剧。U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said that Washington is ready to ratchet up pressure on increasingly aggressive North Korea. 美国国务卿克里说，美国随时准备对越来越肆无忌惮的朝鲜施加更大的压力。The Obama administration has requested a quadrupling of defense¹ spending in Central and Eastern Europe for fiscal² year 2017, a move critics say would ratchet up Cold-War era tensions with Russia. 奥巴马政府要求将2017年财政年度用于中欧东欧的国防开支翻两番，批评人士认为此举会让美俄冷战时期的紧张关系再度抬头。好的，我们今天学习的词是 ratchet up, ratchet up, ratchet up...

1 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

2 fiscal   

adj.财政的，会计的，国库的，国库岁入的

参考例句：

• The increase of taxation is an important fiscal policy.增税是一项重要的财政政策。
• The government has two basic strategies of fiscal policy available.政府有两个可行的财政政策基本战略。