inflate

英 [ɪnˈfleɪt]

美 [ɪnˈfleɪt]

v.  使充气; 膨胀; 鼓吹; 吹捧; (使)涨价

过去分词：inflated　现在分词：inflating　过去式：inflated　第三人称单数：inflates　

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同义词辨析

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牛津词典

verb

• 使充气；膨胀
  to fill sth or become filled with gas or air
  1. Inflate your life jacket by pulling sharply on the cord.
     猛拽绳扣使你的救生衣充气。
  2. The life jacket failed to inflate.
     救生衣未能充气。
• 鼓吹；吹捧
  to make sth appear to be more important or impressive than it really is
• （使）涨价
  to increase in price; to increase the price of sth
  1. The principal effect of the demand for new houses was to inflate prices.
     对新住宅需求的主要结果是促使价格上涨。
  2. Food prices are no longer inflating at the same rate as last year.
     食物价格的上涨率已不再像去年那样高了。

柯林斯词典

• V-ERG (使)充气;(使)膨胀;(使)胀大
  If youinflatesomething such as a balloon or tyre, or if itinflates, it becomes bigger as it is filled with air or a gas.
  1. Stuart jumped into the sea and inflated the liferaft...
     斯图尔特跳到海里给救生艇充气。
  2. Don's lifejacket had failed to inflate.
     唐的救生衣未能充气膨胀。
• V-ERG 抬高(物价);(使)(物价)涨高
  If you say that someoneinflatesthe price of something, or that the priceinflates, you mean that the price increases.
  1. The promotion of a big release can inflate a film's final cost...
     大规模发行所需的广告宣传会增加一部电影的最终成本。
  2. Clothing prices have not inflated as much as automobiles.
     服装价格的涨幅不及汽车那么高。
• VERB 夸张;夸大;吹嘘
  If someoneinflatesthe amount or effect of something, they say it is bigger, better, or more important than it really is, usually so that they can profit from it.
  1. They inflated clients' medical treatment to defraud insurance companies...
     他们夸大客户伤势的严重性和治疗情形以欺骗保险公司。
  2. Even his war record was fraudulently inflated.
     甚至他的参战履历也是夸大其词，充满谎言。

英英释义

verb

• become inflated
  1. The sails ballooned
  Synonym:balloonbillow
• fill with gas or air
  1. inflate a balloons
  Synonym:blow up
• exaggerate or make bigger
  1. The charges were inflated
  Synonym:blow upexpandamplify
• increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value
  1. inflate the currency
• cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or credit
  1. The war inflated the economy

双语例句

• If it fails to inflate, or you need top up the air, blow into this tube.
  如果充气失败，或者你需要补充充气，向管子直接吹气即可。
• Clothing prices have not inflated as much as automobiles.
  服装价格的涨幅不及汽车那么高。
• Instead, they allowed the bubble to inflate and let financial transactions become increasingly opaque and ever more leveraged.
  相反，他们听任泡沫不断膨胀，任由金融交易变得越来越不透明、杠杆率越来越高。
• Being both lighter than air and nonflammable, helium is used to inflate balloons and airships.
  由于既比空气轻又不可燃，氦用作充气球和飞艇。
• When the sun rises, the guard cells inflate and bulge to open the stomata, and photosynthesis begins.
  当太阳升起时，这些保卫细胞充气并膨胀，打开了气孔，即开始了光合作用。
• The promotion of a big release can inflate a film's final cost
  大规模发行所需的广告宣传会增加一部电影的最终成本。
• The bubble did not only inflate asset prices, it also inflated pay.
  以前的泡沫不仅膨胀了资产的价格，同时也膨胀了薪酬。
• RN to PT: when I inflate the blood pressure cuff it'll be a little tight.
  注册护士对病人：在我给血压袖带充气的时候，你会觉得有点紧。
• By this we can ruin their credit, and make their currency devaluate and inflate.
  这样我们就有十足的把握来摧毁他们的信用，使他们的货币贬值，发生通货膨胀。
• Don's lifejacket had failed to inflate.
  唐的救生衣未能充气膨胀。