inflate

inflate音标

英 [ɪnˈfleɪt]

美 [ɪnˈflet]

inflate基本释义

vt.使膨胀；使得意；使通货膨胀

vi.膨胀

inflate用法及例句

v.(动词)

vt. & vi. 使充气，(使)膨胀 fill (a tyre,balloon,etc.) with air or gas;(cause to) swell

vt. & vi. (使)通货膨胀，(使)物价上涨 take action to increase the amount of money in circulation so that prices rise

verb

1. become inflated

e.g. The sails ballooned

Synonym: balloonbillow

2. fill with gas or air

e.g. inflate a balloons

Synonym: blow up

3. exaggerate or make bigger

e.g. The charges were inflated

Synonym: blow upexpandamplify

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

e.g. inflate the currency

5. cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or credit

e.g. The war inflated the economy

1. (使)充气;(使)膨胀;(使)胀大If you inflate something such as a balloon or tyre, or if it inflates, it becomes bigger as it is filled with air or a gas.

e.g. Stuart jumped into the sea and inflated the liferaft...斯图尔特跳到海里给救生艇充气。e.g. Don's lifejacket had failed to inflate.唐的救生衣未能充气膨胀。

2. 抬高(物价);(使)(物价)涨高If you say that someone inflates the price of something, or that the price inflates, you mean that the price increases.

e.g. 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*终成本。e.g. Clothing prices have not inflated as much as automobiles.服装价格的涨幅不及汽车那么高。

3. 夸张;夸大;吹嘘If someone inflates the 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.

e.g. 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。e.g. 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。

1. 使胀大,使得意：inflame 使动怒,激怒 | inflate 使胀大,使得意 | inflect 转向,改变

2. 使膨胀：inflatable 可充气的 | inflate 使膨胀 | inflated stock 过多的库存器材

3. 膨胀;通货膨胀：presidential 总统的 | inflate 膨胀;通货膨胀 | once 一旦;同时;曾经

4. 打氣：轮胎冷补胶 tire cold patching cement | 打气 inflate | 轮胎气压 tire pressure

5. inflate：infl; 打气,充气

常用例句

用作动词(v.)

The prices of all houses inflate at approximately the same rate.所有房子的价格均以大致相同幅度飞涨。

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。

A beach ball you inflated with your breath.

出自：S. Bellow

词义讲解

v.(动词)

inflate, dilate, distend, expand, swell

这组词都有“增大,扩大”的意思。其区别是：

expand指体积、数量的增大,可指展开、打开、散播开,而使其扩大的因素既可以是内在的,也可以是来自外界的外力; swell是指由于受到内部力量的作用而在体积和容积方面增大,也可指数目或程度的增长,质量的提高,或曲面向上隆起,常表示“不正常的增大”; distend指在内部力量的压迫下向各个方向扩张或膨胀,暗示原来就处于完全空虚或松弛状态; inflate指用人工方法使某物膨胀起来; dilate强调直径的增大。

近义词

反义词

临近词

up向上

escalate升级

pump泵

drive up抬高

overestimate过高估计

magnify放大

bloat使肿胀

fill装满

go up上升，提高

appreciate欣赏

amplify扩大

stretch伸展

raise上升

swell（使）膨胀

increase增加

expand使 ... 膨胀

exaggerate夸张

puff喷出

pump up使激动

enlarge扩大

broaden变宽

embellish美化、装饰或修饰...

balloon气球

aggrandize增加

puff out使膨胀

billow巨浪

blow up爆炸

puff up肿起

boost提高

jack千斤顶

out出

blow打击

deflate放气

inflatee

inflated

inflation

inflatable

inflated tire

inflate rocks

inflated tyre

inflatedness

inflater

inflatedly

inflated slag

inflated tube

相关列句

Emboldened, aid workers inflate Numbers of the starving.(救援人员大胆地夸大了饥民的数量。)

Our goal here is not to push IBM services on you or to inflate your project costs.(我们的目的不是向您推销IBM服务，也不是增加您的项目成本。)

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*终成本。)

A great way to inflate revenues is to "ship product" to people who aren't going to pay you.(虚增收入的一个很好的方法是向不会付款的人出货。)

The rise in Chinese demand could further inflate gold prices.(中国需求的上升可能进一步推高金价。)

Should I inflate my experience?(我应该夸大工作经验吗？)

Will they default, inflate or manage their way out?(发达国家将会拖欠债务，发生通货膨胀或是寻求到出路？)

I save those in a secure location to use to then re-inflate the networks.(我将这些文件保存在安全的地方，用于以后重新激活网络。)

The baby’s lungs would be like small blobs of liver, unable or scarcely able to inflate.(婴儿的肺就像一小块一小块的，不能或者几乎不能吸气。)

If it fails to inflate, or you need to top up the air, blow into this tube.(如果不能完成充气，或者你需要把气充满，可以往这个管子里吹气。)