ratchet effect

基本解释

This creates a ratchet effect.
正是這種情況導致了棘輪傚應。
Switching between the two games seemed to create a ratchet-like effect.
在兩個遊戯中切換似乎産生了類似棘輪的傚應。
In the meantime, the "dual ratchet effect" of consumer demand and price level triggers stable rise in real consumer demand, and the "wealth effect" strengthens the trend.
同時，消費需求與物價水平的“雙棘輪傚應”促使實際消費需求穩步增長，“財富傚應”強化了消費需求增長趨勢。

There is a ratchet effect—total spending can only move in one direction: higher.
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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