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inflation

/ɪnˈfleɪʃən/

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noun

膨胀，扩张

An act, instance of, or state of expansion or increase in size, especially by injection of a gas.

Examples :

"The inflation of the balloon took five hours."

给气球充气花了五个小时.

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通货膨胀，物价上涨。

An increase in the general level of prices or in the cost of living.

Examples :

"The inflation rate has made groceries more expensive this month. "

这个月的通货膨胀率导致食品杂货更贵了。

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通货膨胀，货币贬值

A decline in the value of money.

Examples :

"The high inflation rate means that my weekly grocery shopping is now more expensive than it used to be. "

由于通货膨胀率很高，我的每周食品采购现在比以前更贵了。

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通货膨胀，货币贬值。

An increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money.

Examples :

"The government's recent inflation policies caused the value of our savings to decrease. "

政府最近的通货膨胀政策导致我们储蓄的价值降低了。

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学业膨胀，成绩虚高。

Undue expansion or increase, as of academic grades.

Examples :

"The recent inflation in his son's school grades was concerning to the parents. "

最近他儿子学校的成绩学业膨胀，虚高得厉害，让家长们很担心。

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宇宙暴胀, 急速膨胀

An extremely rapid expansion of the universe, theorised to have occurred very shortly after the big bang.

Examples :

"The inflation theory explains how the universe grew so quickly in the first moments after the Big Bang. "

宇宙暴胀理论解释了宇宙在大爆炸后的最初时刻是如何如此迅速膨胀的。

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