ratchet down

We 're trying to ratchet down the administrative costs

我们正在想法控制管理成本。

Now , the aim must be to ratchet down the tension .

如今，首要目标是缓和紧张气氛。

In the short term , both China and the US need to ratchet down tensions .

从短期来看，中美都需要做出缓和紧张局势的动作。

Credit lines are being withdrawn as banks try to ratchet down the risks they face .

随着银行试图降低自己面临的风险，它们正在取消一些信贷安排。

An investment treaty would help ratchet down such tensions by improving market access and ensuring greater predictability .

投资协定将改善市场准入，提高可预测程度，从而有助于缓解此类紧张局面。

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。

Europeans cannot expect to be taken seriously if they ratchet down further their feeble defence budgets .

如果欧洲人继续压缩已少得可怜的国防预算的话，他们就不可能指望自己受到严肃对待。

Pay experts cautioned that at least some companies could decide to ratchet down pay levels as financial results for the rest of2009 become clearer .

薪酬专家提醒说，随着2009年剩余时间的业绩越来越清晰，至少有些企业可能会决定降低薪酬水平。

As wholesale gas falls in price , profit margins expand , and station owners are in no rush to ratchet down the price at the pump .

随着石油批发价下跌，边际利润便有所增长，并且加油站老板并不急着去逐步减少石油的零售价。

The sky won 't fall , the books will survive , but the culture will ratchet down another notch , and the best readers will never know what they 're missing .

天不会塌下来，书照样会留存后世，但是文化会下一个台阶，而最好的读者将永远无法知道他们错过了什么。