Inflation

[ɪn'fleɪʃ(ə)n] or [ɪn'fleʃən]

解释:

(noun.) the act of filling something with air.

(noun.) (cosmology) a brief exponential expansion of the universe (faster than the speed of light) postulated to have occurred shortly after the big bang.

(noun.) a general and progressive increase in prices; 'in inflation everything gets more valuable except money'.

杜威手打--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) The act or process of inflating, or the state of being inflated, as with air or gas; distention; expansion; enlargement.

(n.) The state of being puffed up, as with pride; conceit; vanity.

(n.) Undue expansion or increase, from overissue; -- said of currency.

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同义词及近义词：

n. [1]. Swelling (by air), distention, expansion, blowing up.[2]. Conceit, conceitedness, self-conceit, self-sufficiency, self-complacency.[3]. Increase, enlargement.

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