英语里的动词,特别具有形象概念。比如,ratchet。它的本义是拧螺丝的扳手(a device consisting of a bar or wheel with a set of angled teeth in which a cog or tooth engages, allowing motion in one direction only),作为动词,它指的是像拧螺丝一样以一种稳定的、不可逆的力量推动某事。ratcheting up their opposition,表明反对势力坚定不移、不断增强力量,反对两党达成的边境协议。如果用另一个动词building up their opposition, 也能说得通,但没有ratchet这个动词所体现出来的力量感。

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