deflation
/dɪˈfleɪʃən/noun
mass noun
1
- the 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。
2
- Economics reduction of the general level of prices in an economy【经济】通货紧缩。
3
- Geology the removal of particles of rock, sand, etc. by the wind【地质】风蚀, 吹蚀。
派生词
deflationist
noun&. adjective
词源
late 19th cent. （in the sense 'release of air from something inflated'）： from DEFLATE; sense 3 via German from Latin deflat- 'blown away'， from the verb deflare.