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Definition of deflation in English: deflationnoun dɪˈfleɪʃ(ə)ndəˈfleɪʃ(ə)n mass noun1The action or process of deflating or being deflated. 放气，抽气；瘪掉，泄气 the deflation of the illusion that the 1960s were a perpetual party 认为20世纪60年代是永恒的欢宴这一幻想的破灭。 Example sentencesExamples - With an almost instantaneous deflation of her aplomb, she shot off the drainer, out of the kitchen door and off onto the patio, complaining loudly all the way.
- Words of encouragement and advice, and indeed a supportive phone call during the week, have always compensated any feeling of deflation at the scales refusing to go downwards.
- Martin showed no signs of deflation after exiting the 6-2 mauling against Chester 48 hours earlier with nothing to show from a man of the match performance.
- The elation at Edgbaston and Old Trafford may well give way to substantial deflation at not being able to win this latest battle and go 2-1 up.
2Economics
Reduction of the general level of prices in an economy. 〔经济〕通货紧缩 a time of high unemployment and deflation count noun a long deflation lasted until about 1896 Example sentencesExamples - That's very different than what most think about when they hear the word deflation - the demand-deficient price declines of the 1930s.
- The last section provides three studies that explore the behavior of asset prices during deflations.
- ‘Growth (in Japan) has recently been constrained by persistent deflations and high levels of nonperforming loans that restrain bank lending,’ she said.
- They moved to reduce debt and their actions contributed to recession and more price deflation.
- Not every strong decline in asset prices causes deflation, but all major deflations in the world were related to a sudden, continuing and substantial fall in values of assets.
Synonyms anticlimax, let-down, bathos, disappointment, disillusionment, decline, setback, reversal 3Geology
The removal of particles of rock, sand, etc. by the wind. 〔地质〕风蚀，吹蚀 Example sentencesExamples - If the lake bed became completely dry, material could have been lost through wind erosion or deflation.
- Wind deflation probably destroyed the original soil that formed on the upper Oliver Platform.
OriginLate 19th century (in the sense 'release of air from something inflated'): from deflate; sense 3 via German from Latin deflat- 'blown away', from the verb deflare. Definition of deflation in US English: deflationnoundəˈfleɪʃ(ə)ndəˈflāSH(ə)n 1The action or process of deflating or being deflated. 放气，抽气；瘪掉，泄气 deflation of the illusion that the 1960s were a perpetual party 认为20世纪60年代是永恒的欢宴这一幻想的破灭。 Example sentencesExamples - With an almost instantaneous deflation of her aplomb, she shot off the drainer, out of the kitchen door and off onto the patio, complaining loudly all the way.
- The elation at Edgbaston and Old Trafford may well give way to substantial deflation at not being able to win this latest battle and go 2-1 up.
- Words of encouragement and advice, and indeed a supportive phone call during the week, have always compensated any feeling of deflation at the scales refusing to go downwards.
- Martin showed no signs of deflation after exiting the 6-2 mauling against Chester 48 hours earlier with nothing to show from a man of the match performance.
2Economics
Reduction of the general level of prices in an economy. 〔经济〕通货紧缩 Example sentencesExamples - The last section provides three studies that explore the behavior of asset prices during deflations.
- That's very different than what most think about when they hear the word deflation - the demand-deficient price declines of the 1930s.
- ‘Growth (in Japan) has recently been constrained by persistent deflations and high levels of nonperforming loans that restrain bank lending,’ she said.
- They moved to reduce debt and their actions contributed to recession and more price deflation.
- Not every strong decline in asset prices causes deflation, but all major deflations in the world were related to a sudden, continuing and substantial fall in values of assets.
Synonyms anticlimax, let-down, bathos, disappointment, disillusionment, decline, setback, reversal 3Geology
The removal of particles of rock, sand, etc. by the wind. 〔地质〕风蚀，吹蚀 Example sentencesExamples - If the lake bed became completely dry, material could have been lost through wind erosion or deflation.
- Wind deflation probably destroyed the original soil that formed on the upper Oliver Platform.
OriginLate 19th century (in the sense ‘release of air from something inflated’): from deflate; deflation (sense 3) via German from Latin deflat- ‘blown away’, from the verb deflare. |