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inflate

/ɪnˈfleɪt/ /ɪnˈfleɪt/
  • v.
    (使)充气,(使)膨胀;使(价格、成本等)上涨;夸大,吹嘘
第三人称单数inflates
现在分词inflating
过去式inflated
过去分词inflated
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词语例句

  1. (使)充气,(使)膨胀vt.&vi.

    • Stuart jumped into the sea and inflated the liferaft.

      斯图尔特跳进海里给救生筏充气。

    • The life jacket failed to inflate.

      救生衣未能充气。

  2. 使(价格、成本等)上涨vt.&vi.

    六级
    • The promotion of a big release can inflate a film's final cost.

      一部大片的发行宣传会抬高影片的最终成本。

    • 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。

    • Even when everything around it collapsed, the company kept on inflating.

      即使当它周围的一切都崩溃了,公司还在继续膨胀。

  3. 夸大,吹嘘vt.

    四级
    • They inflated their clients' medical injuries and treatment to defraud insurance companies.

      他们夸大了客户受伤及治疗的情况以欺骗保险公司。

    • Even that percentage is likely inflated by men thrust into their caretaker role by a downsizing.

      即使是这个比例,也有可能因为被裁员而投身家庭的男性而被夸大。

  1. The life jacket failed to inflate.
    救生衣未能充气。
    来自《牛津词典》
  2. The promotion of a big release can inflate a film's final cost.
    一部大片的发行宣传会抬高影片的最终成本。
    来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
  3. 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。
    来自《牛津词典》

相关短语

  • inflate profits
    虚报盈利;虚怡利益;虚报获利
  • to inflate
    充气;上涨;膨胀;打气
  • super inflate
    超膨胀的粘胶纤维
  • Inflate tool
    膨胀工具
  • Inflate Cartoon
    充气卡通

词语扩展

vt.
使充气;使通货膨胀
vi.
膨胀;充气
adj.
inflated通货膨胀的;充了气的;价格飞涨的;(植物)肿胀的
inflatable膨胀的,可充气的;得意的
inflationary通货膨胀的;通货膨胀倾向的;通货膨胀引起的
n.
inflation膨胀;通货膨胀;夸张;自命不凡
inflater增压泵;充气者
inflator充气者;打气筒;增压泵
v.
inflated膨胀(inflate的过去式和过去分词);使充气;抬高(物价)
  • enlarge/extend/stretch/prolong/inflate/expand/increase/multiply/lengthen/add/augment/amplify
    • enlarge放大(照片)
    • extend使…(在空间或时间上)更大,更长;伸长,伸展,延展;舒展(肢体),extend sth
    • stretchvt 拉长,撑大;绵延,延续
    • prolong人为的延长时间
    • inflate使(轮胎、气球等)充气,膨胀,inflate sth (with sth)
    • expand使…变大,扩大,扩展,expand sth into sth
    • increase增加,增大(数目、数量、体积等),increase sth from…to…
    • multiply成倍的增加
    • lengthen指自然的延长时间或空间
    • add加,添加,add sth to sth
    • augmentvt 增多,增大,augment sth
    • amplify特指音量,电流等的扩大
  • raise/extend/increase/expand/inflate/add

词义分布

膨胀
61.3%
充气
33.3%
虚增
5.3%

英英释义

  • v.fill with gas or air
  • v.exaggerate or make bigger
  • v.cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or credit
  • v.increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value
  • v.become inflated
  1. v.
    to fill something with air
    给…充气
    • You should inflate tyres to the level recommended by the manufacturer.
      你得给轮胎充气充到制造商推荐的水平。

词源

  • inflate充气,膨胀
    in-,进入,使,-flat,吹,鼓起,词源同blow,conflate.引申词义充气,膨胀。
  • inflate使充气(于轮胎、气球等),(使)膨胀;(使)通货膨胀,物价上涨
    词根词缀: in-入,向内 + -flat-吹 + -e