Odd though it sounds, cosmic inflation is a scientifically plausible consequence of some respected ideas in elementary particle physics, and many astrophysicists have been convinced for the better part of a decade that it is true.
宇宙膨胀虽然听起来很奇怪，但它是基本粒子物理学中一些受人尊敬的观点在科学上看似合理的推论，许多天体物理学家在过去十年的大部分时间里一直相信这是真的。
