[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](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.
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Stuart jumped into the sea and inflated the liferaft...
斯图尔特跳到海里给救生艇充气。
Don's lifejacket had failed to inflate.
唐的救生衣未能充气膨胀。
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[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词]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.
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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最终成本。
Clothing prices have not inflated as much as automobiles.
服装价格的涨幅不及汽车那么高。
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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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[VERB 动词]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.
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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。
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。
Oxford
in·flate/ɪnˈfleɪt; NAmEɪnˈfleɪt/verb1[transitive , intransitive ]inflate(sth) to fill sth or become filled with gas or air 使充气；膨胀◆Inflate your life jacket by pulling sharply on the cord.猛拽绳扣使你的救生衣充气。◆The life jacket failed to inflate.救生衣未能充气。2[transitive ]inflatesth to make sth appear to be more important or impressive than it really is 鼓吹；吹捧3[transitive , intransitive ]inflate(sth) to increase the price of sth; to increase in price （使）涨价◆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。◆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。☞compare
1inflate (1) [intransitive, transitive] to fill something with air or gas so it becomes larger, or to become filled with air or gas: It took us half an hour to inflate the dinghy. Her life jacket failed to inflate.2[transitive] to make something seem more important or impressive than it really is: The success further inflated his self-confidence.be grossly/vastly/hugely inflated The numbers of people involved have been grossly inflated by the media.3[intransitive, transitive] technical to increase in price, or to make something increase in price: Hotels often inflate prices at particular times of the year. Costs were inflating.
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[ɪnˈfleɪt]inflated, inflating, inflates
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膨胀(73%)，使膨胀(12%)，使通货膨胀(12%)，使得意(3%)
vt.使充气；使通货膨胀
vi.膨胀；充气
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