哈佛大學非洲裔教授蓋茨在自己家中被捕一事引起了美國總統(tǒng)奧巴馬的激烈反應。奧巴馬事后緩和了語氣,承認, "I obviously helped to contribute ratcheting it up," 我顯然促成了這起事件的進一步升級。事后,奧巴馬采取了一系列行動,努力化解矛盾。"He has already managed to ratchet down tensions with the police officers," 他已經(jīng)緩和了跟涉案警察的緊張關系。好的,今天我們學習的詞是ratchet...