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boom PERIOD OF GROWTHbU:mv, n(to have) a period of sudden growth, esp. one that results in a lot of money being made(使)暴涨，激增;繁荣，迅速发展;兴起Here, as elsewhere, the leisure industry is booming. [I]这儿跟其它地方一样休闲产业正在蓬勃发展。This year has seen a boom in book sales. [C]今年图书销售激增。The insurance business has been characterised by a vicious cycle of boom and bust as companies go in and out of businesses and prices rise and fall. [U]由于大量公司的开业和停业以及价格的涨落，保险业的特点是由繁荣和萧条的恶性循环所造成的。The consumer boom of the 1980s led to an explosion of shopping centre development. [C]二十世纪八十年代消费的繁荣发展促成了购物中心的狂热发展。It was here that the property boom of the eighties really began. [C]八十年代的房地产的繁荣是从这里真正开始的。The Prime Minister is predicting a boom time for British business.首相正预测着英国商业一个的繁荣期。Aberdeen became a boom town (= a town where lots of people have become rich) when oil was discovered in the North Sea.如果北海发现石油阿伯丁便可发展成为一个繁华的城市。
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