a sudden increase in trade and economic activity; a period of wealth and success （贸易和经济活动的）激增，繁荣 Living standards improved rapidly during the post-war boom. 在战后那段繁荣昌盛的时期里，生活水平得到了迅速提高。 - boom in something
a boom in car sales 汽车销售额的巨增 a boom year (for trade, exports, etc.) （贸易、出口等）兴盛的一年 a property/housing boom 房地产的迅速发展
Collocations The economycompare slump see also baby boomThe 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 Successc1, Moneyc1The boom was fuelled by accelerated demand for consumer products. 消费者对产品日益增长的需求加速了经济繁荣。 a boom in house prices 房价的突然升高 a boom in real estate 房地产热 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 （某种体育运动、音乐等）突然风靡的时期 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 深沉的响声 the distant boom of the guns 远处隆隆的炮声
Extra ExamplesThe deep boom of a foghorn echoed across the bay. 雾角低沉的声音在整个海湾回荡。 The deafening boom of the explosion was heard up to 10 kilometres away. 10公里外都能听到震耳欲聋的爆炸声。
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商业；经济
popular period风靡期
on boat船
sound声音
in river/harbour河；港口
for microphone麦克风
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 迅速发展；激增；繁荣昌盛 High house prices encourage boom and bust and leave the economy vulnerable. 高房价助长了繁荣和萧条，让经济变得脆弱。 Amid the inevitable boom and bust cycle, families are facing pay cuts and job losses. 在不可避免的繁荣和萧条周期中，家庭面临着减薪和失业。