inflation

inflation
noun
[mass noun]
  1. the action of inflating something or the condition of being inflated
    充气;膨胀,增加,增长
    the inflation of a balloon.
    气球膨胀。
    the gross inflation of salaries.
    工资总增长。
    ■(Astronomy)(in some theories of cosmology) a very brief exponential expansion of the universe postulated to have interrupted the standard linear expansion shortly after the big bang
    (天文)(宇宙论某些理论的用语)暴涨
  2. (Economics)a general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money
    (经济)通货膨胀
    policies aimed at controlling inflation.
    旨在控制通货膨胀的政策。
    [as modifier]high inflation rates.
    高通货膨胀率。
派生
inflationism
noun
inflationist
( & )
noun& adjective
语源
  1. Middle English (in the sense 'the condition of being inflated with a gas'): from Latin inflatio(n-), from inflare 'blow in to' (see inflate). Sense 2 dates from the mid 19th cent
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