inflation

词根词缀:

词根
flat= to blow 吹

conflation n. 合并

con 共同 + flat 吹 + ion 表名词 → 吹到一起 → 合并

deflate v. 放气;紧缩

de 去掉 + flat 吹 + e → 放气;紧缩

deflation n. 放气;通货紧缩

de 去掉 + flat 吹 + ion 表名词 → 放气;通货紧缩

flatulent adj. 自负的;浮夸的

flat 吹 + ulent 多…的 → 用多个鼻孔出气 → 自负的

inflate v. 充气

in 使… + flat 吹 + e → 吹气使膨胀 → 充气

inflation n. 充气;通货膨胀

in 使… + flat 吹 + ion 表名词 → 充气;通货膨胀

后缀
-ion 表名词
1 动作或状态

apprehension n. 理解;逮捕

apprehend 领会,逮捕,ap加强 + prehend 抓住 → 理解;逮捕

approbation n. 称赞;认可

approbate 称赞,ap加强 + prob 证明 + ate 做,造成,使… → 证明正确 → 称赞

concision n. 简洁

concise 简洁的,con加强 + cis 切 + e → 把多余的剪切掉 → 简洁的

dilapidation n. 破旧,荒废

dilapidate 倒塌,di分开 + lapid 石头 + ate 做,造成,使… →〔造房的〕石头一分为二 → 倒塌

discussion n. 讨论

discuss 讨论,dis分散 + cuss 摇动 → 分散敲击〔问题〕→ 讨论

inflation n. 通货膨胀

inflate 充气,in使… + flat 吹 + e → 吹气 → 充气

profusion n. 丰富;浪费

profuse 浪费的;充沛的,pro向前 + fus 流 + e → 不断向前流 → 浪费

2 物,用品

accordion n. 手风琴

ac 加强 + cord 心 + ion 物,用品 → 抒发心声的〔琴〕→ 手风琴

carnation n. 康乃馨

carrion n. 腐肉

carr〔= carn〕+ ion 物,用品 → 腐肉

mansion n. 大厦

manse 住宅 + ion 物,用品 → 大厦

数据来源:新东方英语词汇速记大全

相关例句:

He fears inflation will ratchet up as the year ends

他害怕通货膨胀会在年终更加严重。

They had not foreseen the higher inflation in France when most of Western Europe was crawling out of recession

当西欧的大多数国家正从经济衰退中缓慢复苏时,他们并没有预见到法国的通货膨胀率会升高。

As the market was saturated with goods and the economy became more balanced, inflation went down.

随着市场上商品饱和,经济趋于平衡,通货膨胀就减弱了。

Today's inflation figure is certainly too high

今天的通胀率确实太高了。

Inflation, which has usually been in single figures, is running at more than 12%

通常保持在个位数的通货膨胀率现在已超过了12%。

Inflation has jacked up the rate of unemployment.

通货膨胀导致了失业率的大幅攀升。