| 释义 |
deflationary, a.|dɪˈfleɪʃənərɪ|
[f. deflation + -ary1.]
Of, pertaining to, or tending to deflation.
1920Glasgow Herald 21 Aug. 7 The transition from an inflationary to a deflationary period in prices. 1923J. M. Keynes Tract on Monetary Reform iv. 152 Aurelian's deflationary zeal to restore the integrity of the coin excited an insurrection which caused the death of 7000 soldiers. 1929New Statesman 1 June 231 The falling price level of recent years has been in large part the result of a world⁓wide deflationary movement which has inevitably reacted on credit and unemployment. 1957G. E. Hutchinson Treat. Limnol. I. i. 125 There are a number of basins, the origin of which appears to involve wind action, either through its effect on the distribution of sand or through the deflationary or erosive action of wind acting on broken rock. 1959Ann. Reg. 1958 478 The deflationary policies adopted by the Government in September 1957. 1962Listener 5 Apr. 611/2 This makes him apply a deflationary technique to just those matters which have most strikingly affected British party life in the last century and a half. 1963Ibid. 24 Jan. 179/1 Beneath the deflationary mockery of Beatrice and Benedick there is much human affection and goodwill. |