a sudden increase in trade and economic activity; a period of wealth and success （貿易和經濟活動的）激增，繁榮 Living standards improved rapidly during the post-war boom. 在戰後那段繁榮昌盛的時期裏，生活水平得到了迅速提高。 - boom in something
a boom in car sales 汽車銷售額的巨增 a boom year (for trade, exports, etc.) （貿易、出口等）興盛的一年 a property/housing boom 房地産的迅速發展
Collocations The economycompare slump see also baby boomThe economy 經濟 Managing the economy 管理經濟 - handle/run/manage the economy
管理經濟 - boost investment/spending/employment/growth
促進投資／支出／就業／增長速度 - stimulate demand/the economy/industry
刺激需求／經濟／工業 - cut/reduce investment/spending/borrowing
削減投資／支出／借貸 - reduce/curb/control/keep down inflation
減少／遏制通貨膨脹 - create/fuel growth/demand/a boom/a bubble
創造／刺激增長／需求／繁榮／泡沫 - encourage/foster/promote/stimulate/stifle innovation/competition
鼓勵／促進／刺激／抑制創新／競爭 - encourage/work with/compete with the private sector
鼓勵私營部門；與私營部門合作／競爭 - increase/boost/promote US/agricultural exports
增加／促進美國／農業出口 - ban/restrict/block cheap/foreign imports
禁止／限制／阻止廉價／國外進口産品 - the economy grows/expands/shrinks/contracts/slows (down)/recovers/improves/is booming
經濟增長／擴張／收縮／萎縮／放緩／複蘇／改善／繁榮 - enjoy an economic/housing/property boom
享受經濟／住房／房地産的繁榮期
Economic problems 經濟問題 - push up/drive up prices/costs/inflation
擡高價格／成本；加劇通貨膨脹 - damage/hurt/destroy industry/the economy
破壞工業／經濟 - cause/lead to/go into/avoid/escape recession
引起／導致／進入／避開經濟衰退 - experience/suffer a recession/downturn
經歷／遭受經濟衰退 - fight/combat inflation/deflation/unemployment
抵抗通貨膨脹／通貨緊縮／失業 - cause/create inflation/poverty/unemployment
導致／造成通貨膨脹／貧窮／失業 - create/burst a housing/stock market bubble
造成／引爆住房／股票市場泡沫 - cause/trigger a stock market crash/the collapse of the banking system
引起股市崩盤／銀行系統崩潰 - face/be plunged into a financial/an economic crisis
面臨／陷入財政／經濟危機 - be caught in/experience cycles of boom and bust
陷入／經歷周期性繁榮與蕭條
Public finance 公共財政 - cut/reduce/slash/increase/double the defence/education/aid budget
- increase/boost/slash/cut public spending
增加／大幅削減／削減公共支出 - increase/put up/raise/cut/lower/reduce taxes
提高／降低稅收 - raise/cut/lower/reduce interest rates
提高／降低利率 - ease/loosen/tighten monetary policy
放寬／收緊貨幣政策 - balance the (state/federal) budget
平衡（州／聯邦）預算 - achieve/maintain a balanced budget
達到／保持預算平衡 - run a ($4 trillion) budget deficit/surplus
有（4 萬億美元的）預算赤字／盈餘 - impose taxes/austerity measures
Extra ExamplesTopics Successc1, Moneyc1The boom was fuelled by accelerated demand for consumer products. 消費者對産品日益增長的需求加速了經濟繁榮。 a boom in house prices 房價的突然升高 a boom in real estate 房地産熱 the ordinary business cycle of boom and bust 正常的生意旺淡周期
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- great
- post-war
- consumer
- …
- cause
- create
- fuel
- …
- period
- time
- year
- …
- during a/the boom
- in a/the boom
- boom in
- …
- boom and bust
- [usually singular]
a period when something such as a sport or a type of music suddenly becomes very popular and successful （某種體育運動、音樂等）突然風靡的時期 a long pole that the bottom of a sail is attached to and that you move to change the position of the sail 帆桁 
- [usually singular]
a loud deep sound 深沉的響聲 the distant boom of the guns 遠處隆隆的炮聲
Extra ExamplesThe deep boom of a foghorn echoed across the bay. 霧角低沉的聲音在整個海灣回蕩。 The deafening boom of the explosion was heard up to 10 kilometres away. 10公裏外都能聽到震耳欲聾的爆炸聲。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- loud
- deep
- …
- hear
- echo
- with a boom
see also sonic boom a floating barrier that is placed across a river or the entrance to a harbour to prevent ships or other objects from coming in or going out 水栅 a long pole that carries a microphone or other equipment 吊杆；支架
in business/economy商業；經濟
popular period風靡期
on boat船
sound聲音
in river/harbour河；港口
for microphone麥克風
Word Originnoun sense 4 late Middle English (as a verb): ultimately imitative; perhaps from Dutch bommen ‘to hum, buzz’. noun senses 1 to 2 late 19th cent. (originally US): probably from boom ‘a loud sound’. noun sense 3 and noun senses 5 to 6 mid 16th cent. (in the general sense ‘beam, pole’): from Dutch, ‘beam, tree, pole’; related to beam.
Idioms
boom and bust
a situation in which a period of rapid economic growth is followed by one of sudden decline 迅速發展；激增；繁榮昌盛 High house prices encourage boom and bust and leave the economy vulnerable. 高房價助長了繁榮和蕭條，讓經濟變得脆弱。 Amid the inevitable boom and bust cycle, families are facing pay cuts and job losses. 在不可避免的繁榮和蕭條周期中，家庭面臨着減薪和失業。