deflation

deflation
noun
[mass noun]
  1. the action or process of deflating or being deflated
    放气,抽气;瘪掉,泄气
    deflation of the illusion that the 1960s were a perpetual party.
    消除认为20世纪60年代是永恒的欢宴的幻想。
  2. (Economics)reduction of the general level of prices in an economy
    (经济)通货紧缩
  3. (Geology)the removal of particles of rock, sand, etc. by the wind
    (地质)风蚀,吹蚀
派生
deflationist
( & )
noun& adjective
语源
  1. late 19th cent. (in the sense 'release of air from something inflated'): from deflate; sense 3 via German from Latin deflat- 'blown away', from the verb deflare
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