inflationary

adjective
🔊/ɪnˈfleɪʃənri/
🔊/ɪnˈfleɪʃəneri/
[usually before noun]
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  1. causing or connected with a general rise in the prices of services and goods通货膨胀的;引起通胀的
    • the inflationary effects of price rises物价上涨引起的通货膨胀
    • Our economy is in an inflationary spiral of wage and price increases (= a continuing situation in which an increase in one causes an increase in the other).我们的经济处于工资和物价交替上涨的循环中。🔊🔊
    • inflationary wage demands通胀工资要求
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryInflationary is used with these nouns:
    • boom
    • effect
    • expectation
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