That could lock higher inflation into the system, giving central Banks a devil of a job to bring it back down again.

于是整个经济体系就被通胀的上升所锁定了，接下来带给央行的便是使之回落的艰巨任务。

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"If they catch you, they will think you a devil," Igel told me. "And lock you away, or worse, they will test to see if they are right by throwing you in a fire."

“如果他们抓住了你，会把你当成魔鬼，”伊格尔对我说，“还会把你锁起来，或者更糟，把你丢进火里，试试看他们是否认对了。”

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