单词 | rampant |
释义 | rampant (ræmpənt ) adjective If you describe something bad, such as a crime or disease, as rampant, you mean that it is very common and is increasing in an uncontrolled way. Inflation is rampant and industry in decline. ...the rampant corruption of the administration. Synonyms: widespread, rank, epidemic, prevalent Collocations: rampant growth Only now do we see how casually the rampant growth in revenue has led ministers to behave. Times, Sunday Times The borders had bulged out and had been hollowed out too, where the rampant growth had created shade in which no plant could grow. Times, Sunday Times Hedera (ivy's botanical name) has a reputation for rampant growth, causing untold damage to trees and brickwork. Times, Sunday Times The payments are likely to reawaken the debate over rampant growth in boardroom pay at a time when average earnings are stagnating. Times, Sunday Times The world's most populous nation offered everything that was absent in crisis-torn developed economies, from rampant growth to a large and fast-expanding middle class. Times, Sunday Times Analysts said that the move was also aimed at cooling rampant speculation on the stock market. Times, Sunday Times It also called for a 'central world bank' - and an end to rampant speculation. The Sun This rather sudden contraction of the monetary base after three currency and rampant speculation based on debt led to the panic of 1819. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Earth's natural resources have run scarce, and as a result, its global economy has collapsed from rampant speculation of commodities and lack of production. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 By spending those revenues as if there were no tomorrow he has sent inflation, rents and property prices spiralling upwards while failing to tackle rampant unemployment. Times, Sunday Times With rampant unemployment came reductions of wages and a contraction of consumer spending. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Between 1921 and 1949 the failure of those industries resulted in rampant unemployment and the urban decay of once-prosperous industrial centers which would persist for several decades. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 猖獗的 Japanese: 手に負えない |
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