inflation

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ɪnˈfleɪ.ʃn̩/    美 /ɪnˈfleɪ.ʃən/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An act, instance of, or state of expansion or increase in size, especially by injection of a gas or liquid. countable,uncountable
    — The inflation of the balloon took five hours.
  2. An increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money, adjusted for by way of higher nominal values. countable,uncountable
    — Due to inflation, the monthly gym fee is rising by 10% from January.
  3. Undue expansion or increase, as of academic grades. countable,uncountable
  4. An extremely rapid expansion of the universe, theorized to have occurred very shortly after the Big Bang. countable,uncountable

词形变化

inflations plural

词汇关系

反义词
deflation
衍生词
agflation anti-inflation Bidenflation bottleneck inflation cheapflation core inflation cost-push inflation counter-inflation credential inflation cumflation demand-pull inflation disinflation eggflation excuseflation foodflation friendflation grade inflation greedflation greenflation halalflation headline inflation hoeflation hyperinflation inflatino Inflation inflationary inflationism inflationist inflationless inflationproof inflaton Justinflation lifestyle inflation mudflation overinflation preinflation reinflation sagflation shelflation shitflation shrinkflation size inflation skimpflation slumpflation sneakflation stagflation stretchflation superinflation taxflation taxonomic inflation tipflation Trumpflation underinflation wage-push inflation warflation white inflation theory
相关词
conflation deflation inflate reflation

词源

From Middle English, borrowed from Old French inflation (“swelling”), from Latin īnflātiō (“expansion", "blowing up”), from īnflātus, the perfect passive participle of īnflō (“blow into, expand”), from in (“into”) + flō (“blow”). By surface analysis, inflate + -ion.
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