| 单词 | inflation |
| 释义 | inflation (once / 322 pages) n Think of inflation as expansion, usually from being filled with air, like a balloon. This also refers to rising prices. Think of a balloon puffing up, getting fuller and fuller — that's inflation. The word has a bunch of related meanings. We can say people a little too full of themselves are suffering from inflation: they are full of hot air. When the cost of living is ballooning, that's economic inflation. When the universe was born in the big bang, there was a huge inflation, as matter spread out, creating galaxies, stars, and planets. WORD FAMILYinflation: disinflation, inflationary, inflations+/inflate: inflatable, inflated, inflater, inflates, inflating, inflation, inflator/inflated: inflatedly/inflator: inflators USAGE EXAMPLESIn the streets below, ordinary citizens wrestle with 41% inflation and chronic shortages of staples such as sugar, cooking oil and medicine. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) Gas prices will now fluctuate, something that hasn't been seen in Mexico since the government started fixing prices in 1992, ostensibly to control inflation. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) In 2019 and beyond the minimum wage will be tied to the rate of inflation. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1n the act of filling something with air Ant|Hyper deflation the act of letting the air out of something enlargement, expansion the act of increasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope 2n a general and progressive increase in prices in inflation everything gets more valuable except money Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper rising prices deflation a contraction of economic activity resulting in a decline of prices disinflationa reduction of prices intended to improve the balance of payments cost-pull inflation inflation caused by an increase in the costs of production demand-pull inflationinflation caused by an increase in demand or in the supply of money reflationinflation of currency after a period of deflation; restore the system to a previous state stagflationa period of slow economic growth and high unemployment (stagnation) while prices rise (inflation) economic process any process affecting the production and development and management of material wealth 3n (cosmology) a brief exponential expansion of the universe (faster than the speed of light) postulated to have occurred shortly after the big bang Hyper blowup, detonation, explosion a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction 4n lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity Syn|Hyper ostentation, ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness, pretentiousness, puffiness, splashiness inelegance the quality of lacking refinement and good taste |
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