- (often the economy)[countable]
the relationship between production, trade and the supply of money in a particular country or region 经济；经济情况；经济结构 The economy is in recession. 经济处于衰退之中。 the world/global economy 世界/全球经济 Tourism clearly dominates the local economy. 旅游业明显主导着当地经济。 He favours tax cuts to stimulate the economy. 他赞成减税来刺激经济。 to boost/revive/grow the economy 促进/恢复/增长经济 Over the past few years, the country's economy has grown at a record pace. 过去几年，该国经济以创纪录的速度增长。
Collocations The economyThe economy 经济 Managing the economy 管理经济 - handle/run/manage the economy
管理经济 - boost investment/spending/employment/growth
促进投资／支出／就业／增长速度 - stimulate demand/the economy/industry
刺激需求／经济／工业 - cut/reduce investment/spending/borrowing
削减投资／支出／借贷 - reduce/curb/control/keep down inflation
减少／遏制通货膨胀 - create/fuel growth/demand/a boom/a bubble
创造／刺激增长／需求／繁荣／泡沫 - encourage/foster/promote/stimulate/stifle innovation/competition
鼓励／促进／刺激／抑制创新／竞争 - encourage/work with/compete with the private sector
鼓励私营部门；与私营部门合作／竞争 - increase/boost/promote US/agricultural exports
增加／促进美国／农业出口 - ban/restrict/block cheap/foreign imports
禁止／限制／阻止廉价／国外进口产品 - the economy grows/expands/shrinks/contracts/slows (down)/recovers/improves/is booming
经济增长／扩张／收缩／萎缩／放缓／复苏／改善／繁荣 - enjoy an economic/housing/property boom
享受经济／住房／房地产的繁荣期
Economic problems 经济问题 - push up/drive up prices/costs/inflation
抬高价格／成本；加剧通货膨胀 - damage/hurt/destroy industry/the economy
破坏工业／经济 - cause/lead to/go into/avoid/escape recession
引起／导致／进入／避开经济衰退 - experience/suffer a recession/downturn
经历／遭受经济衰退 - fight/combat inflation/deflation/unemployment
抵抗通货膨胀／通货紧缩／失业 - cause/create inflation/poverty/unemployment
导致／造成通货膨胀／贫穷／失业 - create/burst a housing/stock market bubble
造成／引爆住房／股票市场泡沫 - cause/trigger a stock market crash/the collapse of the banking system
引起股市崩盘／银行系统崩溃 - face/be plunged into a financial/an economic crisis
面临／陷入财政／经济危机 - be caught in/experience cycles of boom and bust
陷入／经历周期性繁荣与萧条
Public finance 公共财政 - cut/reduce/slash/increase/double the defence/education/aid budget
- increase/boost/slash/cut public spending
增加／大幅削减／削减公共支出 - increase/put up/raise/cut/lower/reduce taxes
提高／降低税收 - raise/cut/lower/reduce interest rates
提高／降低利率 - ease/loosen/tighten monetary policy
放宽／收紧货币政策 - balance the (state/federal) budget
平衡（州／联邦）预算 - achieve/maintain a balanced budget
达到／保持预算平衡 - run a ($4 trillion) budget deficit/surplus
有（4 万亿美元的）预算赤字／盈余 - impose taxes/austerity measures
Extra ExamplesTopics Moneyb1, Politicsb1A downturn in the economy is affecting many small businesses. 经济衰退影响到很多小企业。 Agriculture was the backbone of the economy. 从前农业是经济支柱。 Cuba should have been able to diversify its economy. 古巴本应该有能力使经济更加多元化。 Each party has its own strategy for building a strong economy. 各政党都有各自壮大经济的策略。 It's the industry which keeps our national economy moving. 这一产业保证国家经济运行。 Japan successfully modernized its economy. 日本成功地实现了经济现代化。 Income from this exported crop drove the economy of Mali. 这种农作物出口的收入推动了马里的经济增长。 Government measures to slow the economy failed to curb fuel demand growth. 政府控制经济增速的措施未能遏制燃油需求的增加。 A small manufacturing sector inhibits growth in the economy. 制造业规模太小有碍经济增长。 In order for our bubble economy to continue expanding, Americans must continue spending. 为了让我们的泡沫经济继续膨胀，美国人必须继续消费。 Should we be worried that a dollar crisis threatens the economy? 我们应该为美元危机对经济造成威胁感到担忧吗？ The South African economy emerged from decades of international isolation. 南非的经济摆脱了与国际社会隔离了几十年的状况。 The government devalued the currency to try to revive the flagging economy. 政府使货币贬值以振兴衰退的经济。 The region has an economy based on services and finance. 该地区的经济以服务业和金融业为基础。 This massive retailer has been shaping the economy for a decade. 十年来这一大型零售商一直在左右着经济。 a modern industrial economy 现代工业经济 Transport workers are employed in all sectors of the economy. 所有经济部门都雇有运输工人。 The government has been criticized over the state of the economy. 政府因其管理下的经济状况而受到批评。 The economy is booming. 经济正在蓬勃发展。 the current slowdown/growth in the economy 当前经济的放缓/增长 Immigrants are paying taxes and contributing to the economy. 移民在交税，为经济做贡献。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- booming
- buoyant
- dynamic
- …
- build
- create
- rebuild
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- boom
- develop
- expand
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- an area of the economy
- a sector of the economy
- the backbone of the economy
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a country, when you are thinking about its economic system （就经济体制而言）国家；经济制度 Ireland was one of the fastest-growing economies in Western Europe in the 1990s. 在 20 世纪 90 年代爱尔兰是西欧经济发展最快的国家之一。 emerging economies (= that are starting to grow) 新兴经济体 developed economies 发达经济体
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the use of resources in a way that avoids waste 节约；节省；节俭 The company has improved the fuel economy of all its vehicles. 公司改进了所有车辆的节油性能。 It's a false economy to buy cheap clothes (= it seems cheaper but it is not really since they do not last very long). 买便宜衣服实际上划不来。 - (British English)
We're on an economy drive at home (= trying to avoid waste and spend as little money as possible). 我们正在家里实行勤俭节约。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- significant
- false
- fuel
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- achieve
- make
- drive
- economy in
- economy of effort
- economy of movement
- economy of scale
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(in compound nouns 构成复合名词 offering good value for money 经济： 物有所值 - economies[plural]
ways of saving money 经济： 省钱的方法 - economy of something [uncountable, singular]
a way of using as little of something as possible 经济： 一种尽可能少使用的方式 - (also economy class)[uncountable]
the cheapest class of air travel 经济： 最便宜的航空旅行We flew economy. 我们乘坐的是经济舱。 an economy fare/ticket/seat/passenger 经济舱票价/机票/座位/乘客
Word Originlate 15th cent. (in the sense ‘management of material resources’): from French économie, or via Latin from Greek oikonomia ‘household management’, based on oikos ‘house’ + nemein ‘manage’. Current senses date from the 17th cent.