inflate

[in'fleit]

vt.使膨胀, 使得意, 使通货膨胀
vi.膨胀

vt.【书】

1. 使充气; 使膨胀[(+with)]

Fred inflated the football.

弗雷德给足球打了气。

2. 使得意, 使骄傲[(+with)]

He is inflated with pride.

他趾高气扬。

3. 抬高(物价); 使(通货等)膨胀

vi.【书】

1. 充气; 膨胀; 扩大

Clothing has inflated in price.

服装涨价了。

2. 得意, 自傲

词形变化

名词: inflator | 动词过去式: inflated | 动词过去分词: inflated | 动词现在分词: inflating | 动词第三人称单数: inflates |

词义辨析

同义:

vt.vi.(使)膨胀

swell  expand  broaden  enlarge  stretch  increase  puff out  blow up  

同义参见:

aggrandize  appreciate  magnify  jack  balloon  bloat  pump  

反义:

vt.使充气; 使通货膨胀

deflate  

反义参见:

shrink  

英英释义

动词 inflate:

fill with gas or air

同义词：blow up

exaggerate or make bigger

同义词：blow up, expand, amplify

cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or credit

increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value

become inflated

同义词：balloon, billow

补充

inflateinflate英:[inˈfleit] 美:[ɪnˈflet]vt. & vi.1.使充气(于轮胎、气球等), (使)膨胀With a supply of compressed air, the large balloon inflated in a matter of seconds.大气球注入压缩空气后, 几秒钟便膨胀了起来。2.(使)通货膨胀, 物价上涨The buyers bid against each other and often inflate the prices they pay.买主们竞相投标, 往往人为地提高价钱。

例句

1. Stuart jumped into the sea and inflated the life raft.斯图尔特跳进海里给救生筏充了气。 2. 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电影的最终成本。 3. Expectations must not be unduly inflated.不能过度夸大期望。 4. They inflated their clients' medical injuries and treatment to defraud insurance companies.他们夸大当事人伤势的严重性和治疗费用以欺骗保险公司。 5. Companies used creative accounting to inflate profits.很多公司通过伪造账目, 虚增利润。 6. Don's life jacket had failed to inflate.唐的救生衣没能充气膨胀。 7. Clothing prices have not inflated as much as automobiles.服装价格没有汽车上涨得那么多。 8. to inflate a balloon给气球充气 9. to inflate a paper currency滥发纸币 10. A few bidders inflated the prices on purpose.几个投标人故意抬高价钱。 11. to be inflated with pride得意洋洋 12. Financial crisis rapidly inflated to a nation-wide economic crisis.金融危机迅速扩展成全国性的经济危机。 13. to inflate with pride得意洋洋 14. objectives should be clearly set out so as not to duplicate work and inflate costs.必须明确提出目标以避免重复工作和大幅增加成本。 15. you have a very inflated opinion of your worth.你夸大了自身的价值。 16. We used a pump to inflate the raft.我们用打气筒给皮筏充气。 17. inflate [=blow up] a balloon给气球充气 18. The balloon slowly inflated.气球慢慢胀大了。 19. His memoirs inflate [=exaggerate] his contributions to the war effort.他在回忆录中吹嘘自己战功赫赫。 20. All the publicity was inflating his ego. [=was making him too proud and conceited]所有这些宣传使他变得飘飘然。 21. Economists warn that rapid economic growth could inflate prices.经济学家警告说经济的迅速增长会使物价上涨。 22. Increased competition has inflated salaries among professional athletes.更加激烈的竞争使得职业运动员的薪酬上涨。 23. Rapid economic growth may cause prices to inflate.经济的迅速增长可能导致物价上涨。 24. an inflatable raft可充气皮筏