hyperinflation

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hyperinflation — 名詞

1. a severe economic crisis in which the prices of goods and services rise extremel

1.名詞B2
釋義

惡性通貨膨脹

物價急速失控上漲，貨幣急遽貶值

a severe economic crisis in which the prices of goods and services rise extremely fast, making a country's money lose its value very quickly — for example, when a loaf of bread costs millions of the local currency within weeks.

例句

During the 2008 crisis, Zimbabwe experienced hyperinflation that wiped out people's savings.

2008年危機期間，辛巴威經歷了惡性通貨膨脹，民眾的積蓄化為烏有。

historical reference: Zimbabwe 2008 crisis

Hyperinflation grew worse after the government printed more money to pay off its debts.

政府在大量印鈔還債之後，惡性通貨膨脹變得更加嚴重。

cause-effect: excessive money printing worsens hyperinflation

常見搭配
  • experience hyperinflation
  • suffer from hyperinflation
  • trigger hyperinflation
  • lead to hyperinflation
  • hyperinflation crisis
  • hyperinflation hit [country]
同義詞
  • runaway inflation

    less severe; describes inflation that is accelerating fast but has not yet reached crisis level

  • currency collapse

    focuses on the loss of money's value rather than the price side of the crisis

  • price explosion

    informal and non-technical; used in journalism, not in economic analysis

反義詞
  • deflation

    a general fall in prices, the opposite economic direction

  • price stability

    the ideal condition where prices neither rise nor fall significantly

文法句型

uncountable; used with experience, cause, suffer from

用法筆記

Uncountable noun — never used as 'a hyperinflation' or 'hyperinflations'. Common with verbs such as 'experience', 'cause', 'trigger', 'suffer from', and 'lead to'. Frequently discussed alongside historical cases like Weimar Germany (1920s) or Zimbabwe (2008).

常見錯誤

Inflation went hyper.
The country fell into hyperinflation.
'Hyperinflation' is a single compound noun, not 'hyper' as a modifier of 'inflation'.
The hyperinflation of Venezuela was severe.
The hyperinflation in Venezuela was severe.
Use 'in' (not 'of') to specify the affected country.

同根字

  • hyperinflationary
    形容詞C1
  • hyperinflate
    動詞C1

常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • hyperinflation crisis
  • hyperinflation period
  • hyperinflation rate

副詞搭配

常用片語

  • fall into hyperinflation
  • spiral into hyperinflation
  • suffer from hyperinflation

介系詞搭配

  • during hyperinflation
  • in [country]'s hyperinflation
  • hyperinflation of [year]