名詞 inflation:

1. a general and progressive increase in prices
   同義詞：rising prices
2. (cosmology) a brief exponential expansion of the universe (faster than the speed of light) postulated to have occurred shortly after the big bang
3. lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
   同義詞：ostentation, ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness, pretentiousness, puffiness, splashiness
4. the act of filling something with air

1. The new government's prime task is to reduce the level of inflation.
   新政府的主要任務(wù)是減低通貨膨脹的水平。
2. Is inflation symptomatic of economic decline?
   通貨膨脹是經(jīng)濟(jì)衰退的征兆嗎？
3. Are wages keeping pace with inflation?
   工資的增長(zhǎng)跟得上通貨膨漲的速度嗎?
4. They blamed the rise in oil prices for the big increase in inflation.
   他們把通貨膨脹大幅度增長(zhǎng)歸咎于石油價(jià)格的上漲。
5. This government has a good record on inflation, I give you that, but what is it doing about unemployment?
   政府抑制通脹有方，此話不假，可是對(duì)失業(yè)問(wèn)題又怎麼處理呢?
6. The determinate factor of our economy is to control inflation.
   我們經(jīng)濟(jì)的決定性因素是控制通貨膨脹。
7. There appears to be a growing discontent about inflation.
   對(duì)通貨膨脹似乎有一種日漸增長(zhǎng)的不滿情緒。
8. The government is determined to bring down inflation.
   政府決心把通貨膨脹率降低。

in.fla.tion

n.（名詞）
The act of inflating or the state of being inflated.
充氣：充填氣體的動(dòng)作或被充氣的狀態(tài)
A persistent increase in the level of consumer prices or a persistent decline in the purchasing power of money, caused by an increase in available currency and credit beyond the proportion of available goods and services.
通貨膨脹：由于市場(chǎng)上通貨和信用貨幣增到超過(guò)市場(chǎng)所提供的商品和服務(wù)而導(dǎo)致的消費(fèi)品價(jià)格水平的持續(xù)上漲和貨幣購(gòu)買(mǎi)力的持續(xù)下跌