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。
(Economics)reduction of the general level of prices in an economy (经济)通货紧缩
(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
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