核心畫面
Think of air being blown into something until it swells — a tyre, a balloon, a life jacket. That swelling is the picture the word carries; the money sense is the same picture applied to prices, which puff up until the same note buys less.
可以想成把氣灌進去，東西慢慢鼓起來——輪胎、氣球、救生衣都是這個畫面。這個「充氣鼓脹」的動作比較像這個字帶著的圖；經…更多收起
可以想成把氣灌進去，東西慢慢鼓起來——輪胎、氣球、救生衣都是這個畫面。這個「充氣鼓脹」的動作比較像這個字帶著的圖；經濟上的通貨膨脹則是同一張圖換了對象：價格像被灌了氣一樣往上鼓，錢還是同一張，能買到的東西卻縮水了。把它跟 balloon、inflate 放在一起記，兩個意思就不會像兩個字。原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Inflationname
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astronomycosmologynatural-sciencesThe inflationary epoch of the Universe, where the size of the space of universe expanded at speeds beyond the speed of light. One of the ages of the Universe. The cosmic era when most formulations of Big Bang theory start their timelines.
inflationnoun/ɪnˈfleɪ.ʃən/
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An act, instance of, or state of expansion or increase in size, especially by injection of a gas or liquid.
- The inflation of the balloon took five hours.
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economicssciencesAn increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money, adjusted for by way of higher nominal values.
- Due to inflation, the monthly gym fee is rising by 10% from January.
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Undue expansion or increase, as of academic grades.
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astronomycosmologynatural-sciencesAn extremely rapid expansion of the universe, theorized to have occurred very shortly after the Big Bang.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。