deflation

英 [ˌdiːˈfleɪʃn]

美 [ˌdiːˈfleɪʃn]

n.  通货紧缩; 放气; 抽气; 泄气

复数：deflations　

医学

BNC.22317 / COCA.19613

牛津词典

noun

• 通货紧缩
  a reduction in the amount of money in a country's economy so that prices fall or remain the same
• 放气；抽气；泄气
  the action of air being removed from sth

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 通货紧缩
  Deflationis a reduction in economic activity that leads to lower levels of industrial output, employment, investment, trade, profits, and prices.
  1. Deflation is beginning to take hold in the clothing industry.
     通货紧缩开始全面影响服装业。

英英释义

noun

• the act of letting the air out of something
• a contraction of economic activity resulting in a decline of prices
• (geology) the erosion of soil as a consequence of sand and dust and loose rocks being removed by the wind
  1. a constant deflation of the desert landscape

双语例句

• The crisis he inherits is one of recession and deflation.
  他接手的这场危机是一场经济衰退与通货紧缩危机。
• As a result, unemployment is low but we have deflation.
  结果是，日本失业率是很低，但我们也出现了通缩。
• Inflation and deflation are, at the end of the day, policy choices.
  通胀和通缩最终都属于政策选择。
• Fiscal stimulus and lax monetary policy will help avoid debt deflation and depression.
  财政刺激和宽松的货币政策将有助于避免债务通缩和萧条。
• The relationship between currency values and inflation or deflation is equally strong in other countries.
  其他国家中，货币价值与通货膨胀（或通货紧缩）之间的关系也同样密切。
• Economic deflation and political disillusionment, climaxed by the government's defeat at the general election.
  以政府在大选中败北为高潮的经济紧缩和政治幻灭。
• Deflation is a third option, but this is also associated with persistent recession.
  通缩是第三种选择，但这也会伴随着持续不断的衰退。
• We need to find a balance between ego inflation and ego deflation.
  我们需要在自我膨胀和自我泄气之间求得一个平衡。
• The word for this is deflation, or declining prices, a term that gives economists chills.
  这一现象被称为通货紧缩或是价格下跌，这也为经济学家们带去了阵阵寒意。
• New jitters are afoot about a double-dip recession and deflation too.
  双底衰退和通缩也引发了新的紧张情绪。