ratchet down

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After several days of heated rhetoric, both the US and China have attempted to ratchet down the tensions.
经过数天言辞激烈的争辩后，美国和中国都试图缓和紧张局势。
Going forward, aluminum consumption is expected to ratchet down from 2004’s rapid pace, in line with slower economic growth globally.
随着全球经济增长减缓，我们认为2004年铝的消费量有望同比减少。
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，止痛药阻滞了大脑增强联系或者突触的功能，这会减少对回报和快乐的反应（感知）
Eat too little, and your body ratchets down its metabolism.
吃得太少，身体就会减慢新陈代谢。
Eat too little， and your body ratchets down its metabolism.
吃得太少，身体就会减慢新陈代谢。