inflated

英[ɪn'fleɪtɪd] 美[ɪn'fleɪtɪd]
  • adj. 膨胀的；夸张的
  • 动词inflate的过去式和过去分词.
CET6+ TEM4

详细释义

Adjective:
  1. enlarged beyond truth or reasonableness;

    "a hyperbolic style"

  2. pretentious (especially with regard to language or ideals);

    "high-flown talk of preserving the moral tone of the school"
    "a high-sounding dissertation on the means to attain social revolution"

双语例句

1. Monstrously inflated prices are designed to keep people like us at bay.
疯狂飞涨的价格会使像我们这样的人走投无路。

来自柯林斯例句

2. They had to buy everything at inflated prices at the ranch store.
他们不得不在农场商店以高价购买所有东西。

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3. Monstrously inflated costs are designed to keep the hoi polloi at bay.
居高不下的生活开支势必会把老百姓逼入走投无路的境地。

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4. 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。

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5. 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。

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    用作形容词 (adj.)
    1. They used a large inflated tire as a raft
      他们用一只充气的轮胎做救生筏。
    2. He has an inflated opinion of his own importance.
      他自以为了不起。
    3. The inflated housing prices will have to come down to earth.
      飞涨的房屋价格最终会回归现实。
    4. The inflated style itself is a kind of euphemism.
      夸张的文体本身就是委婉中的一种。
    5. But he is paying a price for his inflated promises.
      但是他正在为他夸大空洞的许诺付出代价。

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