inflate

英[ɪn'fleɪt] 美[ɪn'fleɪt]
  • vt. 使膨胀；使得意；使通货膨胀
  • vi. 膨胀
inflator inflated inflated inflating inflates
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详细释义

    v. (动词)
    1. vt. & vi. 使充气，(使)膨胀 fill (a tyre,balloon,etc.) with air or gas;(cause to) swell
    2. 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

英英释义

Verb:
  1. exaggerate or make bigger;

    "The charges were inflated"

  2. fill with gas or air;

    "inflate a balloons"

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

    "The war inflated the economy"

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

    "inflate the currency"

  5. become inflated;

    "The sails ballooned"

双语例句

1. The promotion of a big release can inflate a film'sfinal 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。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Airbags inflate instantaneously on impact.
安全气囊遇到撞击立即膨胀。

来自柯林斯例句

3. Don's lifejacket had failed to inflate.
唐的救生衣未能充气膨胀。

来自柯林斯例句

4. Inflate your life jacket by pulling sharply on the cord.
猛拽绳扣使你的救生衣充气。

来自《权威词典》

5. 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.

来自《简明英汉词典》

    用作及物动词 (vt.)
    1. We all started to inflate our balloons and eventually one burst.
      我们都开始给气球充气，结果有一个爆掉了。
    2. He is inflated with pride.
      他趾高气扬。
    3. A few bidders inflated the prices on purpose.
      几个投标人故意抬高价钱。
    用作不及物动词 (vi.)
    1. Clothing has inflated in price.
      服装涨价了。
    用作动词 (v.)
    用作不及物动词 S+～(+A)
    1. 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。
    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。
    用作及物动词 S+ ～+n./pron.
    1. He is inflating the balloons.
      他正在给气球充气。
    2. The government would inflate the economy and then put on price control.
      政府将先让经济膨胀，然后再实施物价管理。

用法讲解

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。

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