释义 |
anti-economic adjective (alsoantieconomic)uk /ˌæn.ti.iː.kəˈnɒm.ɪk//ˌæn.ti.ek.əˈnɒm.ɪk/ us /ˌæn.t̬i.iː.kəˈnɑː.mɪk//ˌæn.t̬i.ek.əˈnɑː.mɪk//ˌæn.taɪ.iː.kəˈnɑː.mɪk//ˌæn.taɪ.ek.əˈnɑː.mɪk/ likely to cause a reduction in profits or to prevent economic growth: He said the deal was anti-economic. Critics insisted that the failure to cap costs was another anti-economic aspect of the protocol. They were accused of antieconomic behaviour. Regardless of the course of action followed, jobs will certainly be lost - this is anti-economic nonsense. They described traditional practices as anti-economic. This is yet another example of his anti-economic thinking. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Economics accommodative anti-inflation anti-inflationary anti-recession anti-recessionary buyer's market deindustrialization economic gross domestic product HDI human development index industrialism Keynesian liberal monetarism monetary recession retrench squeeze the public purse |