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Inflation Fuller Full 英 ɪn'fleɪʃn] 美 ɪn'fleɪʃn N.通货膨胀;膨胀 Government's

英语单词 inflation
英美音标 英 [ɪn'fleɪʃn] 美 [ɪn'fleɪʃn]
中文释义 n.通货膨胀;膨胀
英语例句 (1) The new government's prime task is to reduce the level of inflation.
(2) The determinate factor of our economy is to control inflation.
(3) Farmers suffered from the price inflation.
中文例句 (1) 新政府的主要任务是减低通货膨胀的水平。
(2) 我们经济的决定性因素是控制通货膨胀。
(3) 价格膨胀让农民受害。
vocabulary简明 Think of inflation as expansion, usually from being filled with air, like a balloon. This also refers to rising prices.
vocabulary扩展 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.
柯林斯解释
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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]通货膨胀 Inflation is a general increase in the prices of goods and services in a country.
  [BUSINESS 商]
  • ...rising unemployment and high inflation.

    不断增长的失业人数与高通货膨胀

  • ...an inflation rate of only 2.2%.

    仅 2.2% 的通货膨胀率

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