Tehran and Washington ratcheted up the rhetoric.

近日，德黑兰和华盛顿的言辞已经越来越激烈。

This time central banks are furiously ratcheting up rates.

但这一次，各国央行都在疯狂地加息。

And instead, he watched those tensions ratchet up even further.

但他不仅没能令局势缓和，反而亲眼见证了这一紧张局势的进一步升级。

How could that possibly ratchet up their chances for success?

这怎么可能增加他们成功的机会呢？

Two countries that are trying to ratchet up pressure on each other.

两个国家正试图继续施加压力。

In a couple of years, that will ratchet up to $13.50.

再过几年，薪水将达到13.50美元。

The tension ratcheted up toward the end of the Iran-Iraq War.

伊朗和伊拉克的战争接近尾声时，和美国的紧张局势却在加剧。

Well, as you can imagine, Audie, the tension has ratcheted up here.

你可以想象，奥迪，现在这里的紧张局势不断升级。

Pressure's been ratcheting up ever since. There's been sanctions back and forth.

自那以后，压力在不断上升。两国互相施加制裁。

And as we said, the oil sanctions are coming. So it could ratchet up.

如我们刚才所说，石油制裁即将实施。制裁可能会升级。

This ratcheting up of US pressure for a peace deal in Yemen is one result.

美国对也门和平协议的压力大增就是其结果之一。

News of the arrest comes as the U.S. is ratcheting up economic sanctions on Tehran.

逮捕消息公布之时正是美国加大对伊朗经济制裁之时。

But Black Friday is only the penultimate attempt by retailers to ratchet up their sales.

但黑色星期五也只是零售商提高销售额的倒数第二次尝试。

Joe Biden ratcheted up his criticism of president Donald Trump's handling of the coronavirus pandemic.

拜登(Joe Biden)加大了对特朗普总统处理冠状病毒大流行的批评力度。

Samsung Electronics is ratcheting up its rivalry with Apple with its new Galaxy S smartphone.

三星公司将凭借Galaxy S智能手机与苹果公司一较高下。

Now they must ratchet rates up further and faster, at the risk of provoking a recession.

导致他们现在必须冒着引发经济衰退的风险，更大幅度且更快地上调利率。

PRESIDENT TRUMP'S LOOMING TRADE WAR with China ratcheted up so quickly, you might have missed it.

特朗普总统向中国发动贸易战之日在即，目前形势变化颇为迅速，稍不留神你可能就已错过一场好戏。

Plenty of businesses are, however, preparing for a time when they can ratchet prices up no longer.

然而，许多企业正在为无法再提高价格的时刻的到来做准备。

The amount of debt it holds is ratcheting up. And it is cutting production of the Dreamliner.

它持有的债务数额正在逐步增加。该公司还削减了the Dreamliner机型的产量。

Yet the expo is also bound to highlight some of the tensions ratcheted up by the trade war.

但博览会还是会使得因贸易战争而逐步升温的一些紧张变得越发显著。