inflation

英 [ɪnˈfleɪʃn]

美 [ɪnˈfleɪʃn]

n.  通货膨胀; 通胀率; 充气

复数：inflations　

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牛津词典

noun

• 通货膨胀；通胀率
  a general rise in the prices of services and goods in a particular country, resulting in a fall in the value of money; the rate at which this happens
  1. the fight against rising inflation
     对抗不断升高的通货膨胀
  2. to control/curb inflation
     控制 / 抑制通货膨胀
  3. to reduce/bring down inflation
     减少 / 降低通货膨胀
  4. a high/low rate of inflation
     高 / 低通胀率
  5. an inflation rate of 3%
     通胀率3%
  6. Wage increases must be in line with inflation .
     工资的增长必须与通货膨胀率一致。
  7. Inflation is currently running at 3%.
     当前的通货膨胀率为3%。
• 充气
  the act or process of filling sth with air or gas
  1. life jackets with an automatic inflation device
     有自动充气装置的救生衣

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 通货膨胀
  Inflationis a general increase in the prices of goods and services in a country.
  1. ...rising unemployment and high inflation.
     不断增长的失业人数与高通货膨胀
  2. ...an inflation rate of only 2.2%.
     仅 2.2% 的通货膨胀率

英英释义

noun

• the act of filling something with air
• lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
  Synonym:ostentationostentatiousnesspompositypompousnesspretentiousnesspuffinesssplashiness
• (cosmology) a brief exponential expansion of the universe (faster than the speed of light) postulated to have occurred shortly after the big bang
• a general and progressive increase in prices
  1. in inflation everything gets more valuable except money
  Synonym:rising prices

双语例句

• The government will squeeze the economy into a severe recession to force inflation down
  政府将紧缩经济，使之出现严重衰退，以此迫使通货膨胀率下降。
• The government would try to rein back inflation.
  政府将努力控制通货膨胀。
• Despite valiant efforts by the finance minister, inflation rose to 36%.
  尽管财政部部长采取了一系列果决措施，通货膨胀率还是涨到了36%。
• The average pay rise equalled 1.41 times inflation.
  薪水的平均增长幅度是通货膨胀率的1.41倍。
• Some countries tighten monetary policy to avoid inflation
  一些国家实行紧缩银根的货币政策，以避免通货膨胀。
• They believed that controlling the money supply would reduce inflation.
  他们相信控制货币供应量会减少通货膨胀。
• Minimum pensions and wages are to be indexed to inflation.
  最低养老金和最低工资要与通货膨胀挂钩。
• They had not foreseen the higher inflation in France when most of Western Europe was crawling out of recession
  当西欧的大多数国家正从经济衰退中缓慢复苏时，他们并没有预见到法国的通货膨胀率会升高。
• The Chancellor's upbeat message that the Government had licked inflation for good was marred by more job losses.
  总理乐观地声称政府已经一劳永逸地解决了通货膨胀问题，但更多人的失业却令这一消息大为减色。
• As the market was saturated with goods and the economy became more balanced, inflation went down.
  随着市场上商品饱和，经济趋于平衡，通货膨胀就减弱了。