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inflate vt.使膨胀；使得意；使通货膨胀vi.膨胀 (1) 我们都开始给气球充气，结果有一个爆掉了。(2) 几个投标人故意抬高价钱。(3) 服装涨价了。 From the Latin verb inflāre, "to blow into," the word inflate appeared in English in the early 16th century. Although we usually think of the word inflate as referring to blowing air or gas into a balloon or a tire, anything that grows larger, from food prices to an egoist's self-image, can be inflated. When an item becomes scarce, its price is likely to be inflated.

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英 [ɪn'fleɪt] 美 [ɪn'fleɪt] (1) We all started to inflate our balloons and eventually one burst.(2) A few bidders inflated the prices on purpose.(3) Clothing has inflated in price. Using your own breath or an air pump, you can inflate a balloon — or anything else you need to pump air into. When you inflate something you fill it with air (or any other gas) to make it expand. 1[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.   [V n]  [V]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。2[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.   [V n]  [V]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。inflatedThey 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。3[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.   [V n]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。

英语单词	inflate
英美音标	英 [ɪn'fleɪt] 美 [ɪn'fleɪt]
中文释义	vt.使膨胀；使得意；使通货膨胀 vi.膨胀
英语例句	(1) We all started to inflate our balloons and eventually one burst. (2) A few bidders inflated the prices on purpose. (3) Clothing has inflated in price.
中文例句	(1) 我们都开始给气球充气，结果有一个爆掉了。 (2) 几个投标人故意抬高价钱。 (3) 服装涨价了。
vocabulary简明	Using your own breath or an air pump, you can inflate a balloon — or anything else you need to pump air into. When you inflate something you fill it with air (or any other gas) to make it expand.
vocabulary扩展	From the Latin verb inflāre, "to blow into," the word inflate appeared in English in the early 16th century. Although we usually think of the word inflate as referring to blowing air or gas into a balloon or a tire, anything that grows larger, from food prices to an egoist's self-image, can be inflated. When an item becomes scarce, its price is likely to be inflated.
柯林斯解释	1 [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. [V n] [V] 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。 2 [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. [V n] [V] 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。 inflated 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。 3 [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. [V n] 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。

Inflate Air Prices D Inflated Balloon [V N