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Definition: Very old; out of date; obsolete.
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定义：非常古老的，不流行的，陈旧的。 |
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Definition: Very simple; extremely easy.
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定义：非常简单，容易。 |
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Definitions should not be more difficult to understand than the words they define.
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词语的定义不应比所解释的词语更难理解. |
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Deflated by US consumer prices, the price of a barrel of oil is now higher than at any other time over the past 35 years, except during the shock that followed Saddam Hussein's invasion of Iran (see chart).
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经美国消费价格平减后，现在每桶石油的价格比过去35年的任何时候都要高，唯一例外是萨达姆·侯赛因入侵伊朗后的石油危机。 |
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Deflation had killed the appetite for risk.
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通货紧缩杜绝了人们冒险的欲望。 |
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Deflation has gone away, and in July the BoJ raised interest rates, which had been stuck at zero for five years.
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随着通货紧缩的悄然离去，日本在五月提高了维持五年之前的零利率。 |
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Deflation is virtually over, setting the stage for a return to normalised monetary policy.
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通货紧缩的局面实际上已经结束，这为货币政策归于正常奠定了基础。 |
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Deflation made the debt problem worse by increasing the size of past loans in comparison with falling earnings and a gross domestic product that has fallen, in nominal terms, for most of the past decade.
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通货紧缩使负债问题更加糟糕，因为相对于过去10年多数时间里日益下降的收入和名义国内生产总值，以前债务的金额因通货紧缩而上升了。 |
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Deflation may be theresult of government policy (such as a moveto raise interest rates and cut money supply)or can be caused by external factors, such asintense trade competition or the collapse ofan asset bubble.
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通过紧缩可能是政府政策（如加息和减少货币供应量）导致的结果，也可能是受外来因素的影响，如贸易竞争激烈，资产泡沫破灭等。 |
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Deflation may have shorttermbenefits, particularly if it is the result ofgreater efficiencies in the economy, but if itlasts too long, or if it is the result of weakeningdemand, it can be a negative, self-perpetuatinginfluence on economic activity, discou
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通货紧缩也有可能会产生短期效益，尤其如果它是因为经济效率提高而出现的，但是如果通货紧缩时间延续过长，或者它是因为需求疲软而出现的，就会对经济活动产生长期的负面效应，抑制消费、使收益减少、工资水平降低，使环账增多、破产速率加快。 |
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Deflation: A sustained fall in the prices ofgoods and services, and thus the opposite ofinflation.
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通货紧缩:指物价持续下跌，与通货膨胀相对。 |
