英语单词 | inflation |
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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 | 1 [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]
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