| 单词 | deflation |
| 释义 | deflation (once / 4493 pages) 1n 2n WORD FAMILY deflation: deflationary, deflations+/deflate: deflated, deflates, deflating, deflation, deflator/deflator: deflators USAGE EXAMPLESAt the same time lower prices from discounts and deflation ate into sales. Wall Street Journal(Dec 23, 2016) In its long battle against deflation, it pioneered “quantitative easing”—buying vast amounts of government bonds—which depresses longer-term rates and thus banks’ lending margins. Economist(Dec 20, 2016) Inflation slowed, stalled and turned to outright deflation. New York Times(Dec 13, 2016) 1 1n the act of letting the air out of something Ant|Hyper inflation the act of filling something with air decrease, diminution, reduction, step-down the act of decreasing or reducing something 2n a contraction of economic activity resulting in a decline of prices 2Ant|Hyper disinflation a reduction of prices intended to improve the balance of payments inflation, rising pricesa general and progressive increase in prices economic process any process affecting the production and development and management of material wealth n (geology) the erosion of soil as a consequence of sand and dust and loose rocks being removed by the wind a constant deflation of the desert landscape Hyper eating away, eroding, erosion, wearing, wearing away (geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it) |
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