inflation

英 [ɪn'fleɪʃn] 美 [ɪn'fleɪʃn]

• n. 通货膨胀；膨胀

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [U](充气而引起的)膨胀

   the act of inflating or state of being inflated

2. [U]通货膨胀

   the rate of a continuing rise in prices

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 充气，打气
2. 【经】通货膨胀，通胀率
3. 膨胀，信用膨胀
4. 夸张，夸大
5. 自满，自大，自负
6. 暴涨
7. 【工业】补给
8. 吹张法
9. 物价飞涨

英英释义

Noun:

1. a general and progressive increase in prices;

   "in inflation everything gets more valuable except money"
   

2. (cosmology) a brief exponential expansion of the universe (faster than the speed of light) postulated to have occurred shortly after the big bang

3. lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity

4. the act of filling something with air

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The new government's prime task is to reduce the level of inflation.
   新政府的主要任务是减低通货膨胀的水平。
2. The determinate factor of our economy is to control inflation.
   我们经济的决定性因素是控制通货膨胀。
3. Farmers suffered from the price inflation.
   价格膨胀让农民受害。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. The inflation of the airbed took several minutes.
   给空气床垫充气花了几分钟时间。
2. Because of inflation, they had to spend more money on food.
   因为通货膨胀,他们不得不在食品上花费更多的钱。

经典引文

• She can express an apocalyptic element in feeling without inflation.

  出自： K. Allott

词汇搭配

• galloping inflation 恶性通货膨胀...
• inflation-proof 予 ... 以保障...
• runaway inflation 无法控制的通货膨胀...
• cost inflation 成本膨胀
• demand inflation 需求膨胀
• inflation uncertainty 通货膨胀的不确定性...
• wage inflation [经] 工资膨胀...
• inflation pressure 充气压力
• monetary inflation 通货膨胀
• open inflation 无管制的通货膨胀...
• chronic inflation 长期通货膨胀...
• excessive inflation 过度通货膨胀...
• structural inflation 结构型通货膨胀...
• inflation tax 通货膨胀税
• imported inflation 输入性通货膨胀...
• inflation theory 通货膨胀论
• repressed inflation 抑制性通货膨胀...
• inflation system 充气系统
• air inflation 充气
• inflation spiral 恶性通货膨胀...

词源解说

• ☆ 14世纪中期进入英语，直接源自拉丁语的inflationem，意为充气。

近反义词

【近义词】

• extension

【反义词】

• deflation 通货紧缩
• disinflation 反通货膨胀