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inflated adj.膨胀的；夸张的动词inflate的过去式和过去分词. (1) 他们用一只充气的轮胎做救生筏。(2) 他自以为了不起。(3) 飞涨的房屋价格最终会回归现实。(4) 夸张的文体本身就是委婉中的一种。(5) 但是他正在为他夸大空洞的许诺付出代价。 Think of a balloon. You blow and blow, and it gets bigger and bigger. Sometimes if you blow too much it takes on a distorted shape, or even explodes. Now use that same imagery, but swap the balloon for someone's ego or the price of U2 concert tickets. Both personalities and prices can get inflated beyond reasonableness — the personalities with pretentious hot air and the prices with unnecessary cost.

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英 [ɪn'fleɪtɪd] 美 [ɪn'fleɪtɪd] (1) They used a large inflated tire as a raft(2) He has an inflated opinion of his own importance.(3) The inflated housing prices will have to come down to earth.(4) The inflated style itself is a kind of euphemism.(5) But he is paying a price for his inflated promises. If it's puffed up and overrated, it's probably inflated — a simple adjective that means blown out of proportion or exaggerated.

英语单词	inflated
英美音标	英 [ɪn'fleɪtɪd] 美 [ɪn'fleɪtɪd]
中文释义	adj.膨胀的；夸张的动词inflate的过去式和过去分词.
英语例句	(1) They used a large inflated tire as a raft (2) He has an inflated opinion of his own importance. (3) The inflated housing prices will have to come down to earth. (4) The inflated style itself is a kind of euphemism. (5) But he is paying a price for his inflated promises.
中文例句	(1) 他们用一只充气的轮胎做救生筏。 (2) 他自以为了不起。 (3) 飞涨的房屋价格最终会回归现实。 (4) 夸张的文体本身就是委婉中的一种。 (5) 但是他正在为他夸大空洞的许诺付出代价。
vocabulary简明	If it's puffed up and overrated, it's probably inflated — a simple adjective that means blown out of proportion or exaggerated.
vocabulary扩展	Think of a balloon. You blow and blow, and it gets bigger and bigger. Sometimes if you blow too much it takes on a distorted shape, or even explodes. Now use that same imagery, but swap the balloon for someone's ego or the price of U2 concert tickets. Both personalities and prices can get inflated beyond reasonableness — the personalities with pretentious hot air and the prices with unnecessary cost.

Inflated Prices Blow Personalities 英 ɪn'fleɪtɪd] 美 ɪn'fleɪtɪd Adj.膨胀的；夸张的