microeconomic

/¦mī-krō-ˌe-kə-¦nä-mik -ˌē-/ (ame, mw)

microeconomic — adjective

  • microeconomicpositive
  • more microeconomiccomparative
  • most microeconomicsuperlative

1. connected with the study of how individual businesses, households, and consumers

1.形容詞B2
釋義

connected with the study of how individual businesses, households, and consumers make choices in the economy, rather than looking at the whole national or global economic system

例句

Keiko's business plan included a detailed microeconomic analysis of the local coffee market.

collocation: microeconomic analysis

The government hired Dr. Okafor to study the microeconomic effects of a new minimum wage.

collocation: microeconomic effects

反義詞
  • macroeconomic

    looks at the economy as a whole rather than individual units

文法句型

microeconomic + noun

用法筆記

Usually placed before a noun (attributive use). Contrasts with macroeconomic, which looks at the economy as a whole.

常見錯誤

❌The government announced new microeconomic policies for the whole country.
✅The government announced new economic policies for the whole country.
💡'microeconomic' refers to individual parts or agents in the economy, not economy-wide measures.