During the decade before the economic crisis, spending on legal services in America grew twice as fast as inflation.
在经济危机前的十年里，美国在法律服务上的支出增长速度是通货膨胀的两倍。
the increasing pressure of inflation.
通货膨胀日益加剧的压力。
Grade inflation - the gradual increase in average GPAs (grade-point averages) over the past few decades - is often considered a product of a consumer era in higher education, in which students are treated like customers to be pleased.
成绩膨胀——过去几十年平均绩点（GPA）的逐渐上升——通常被认为是高等教育消费时代的一种产物，在这个时代里，学生被视为需要取悦的客户。
A report last year pointed out that the costs both of subscriptions and of these "article preparation costs" had been steadily rising at a rate above inflation.
去年的一份报告指出，订阅费用以及这些所谓的 "文章准备成本" 的费用一直在以高于通货膨胀的速度稳步上升。
This year's rise, an average of 2.7 per cent, may be a fraction lower than last year's, but it is still well above the official Consumer Price Index (CPI) measure of inflation.
今年的涨幅平均为2.7%，虽然比去年略低一些，但仍远高于官方消费者价格指数（CPI）衡量的通货膨胀率。
例句取自历年考研英语真题，翻译为机器生成，仅供学习参考。