inflating

英 [ɪnˈfleɪtɪŋ]

美 [ɪnˈfleɪtɪŋ]

v.  使充气; 膨胀; 鼓吹; 吹捧; (使)涨价
inflate的现在分词

COCA.38060

柯林斯词典

• V-ERG (使)充气;(使)膨胀;(使)胀大
  If youinflatesomething such as a balloon or tyre, or if itinflates, it becomes bigger as it is filled with air or a gas.
  1. Stuart jumped into the sea and inflated the liferaft...
     斯图尔特跳到海里给救生艇充气。
  2. Don's lifejacket had failed to inflate.
     唐的救生衣未能充气膨胀。
• V-ERG 抬高(物价);(使)(物价)涨高
  If you say that someoneinflatesthe price of something, or that the priceinflates, you mean that the price increases.
  1. 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。
  2. Clothing prices have not inflated as much as automobiles.
     服装价格的涨幅不及汽车那么高。
• VERB 夸张;夸大;吹嘘
  If someoneinflatesthe 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.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。

双语例句

• He is inflating the balloons.
  他正在给气球充气。
• Even when everything around it collapsed the company kept on inflating.
  即使周围的公司都倒闭了，它却一直扩大。
• The risk is that the new rules end up inflating a sovereign debt bubble.
  风险在于，新规定最终会催生主权债务泡沫。
• Inflating kids 'self-esteem too much can backfire, making them feel worse later on when they hit setbacks.
  让孩子的自我过于膨胀反而有可能起到相反的作用，使他们在未来遭受挫折时感觉更为糟糕。
• Always supervise your children when inflating or deflating the airbed!
  当对气床充气和排气时监管好你的小孩。
• The lungs themselves are passive, only inflating and deflating because the walls and floor of the thoracic cavity move.
  肺脏他们自己是被动的，仅仅膨胀和紧缩因为胸部的洞行动的墙壁和地板。
• If there was a worry, it was that emerging economies would grow too quickly, inflating commodity prices.
  如果说人们有什么担心的话，那就是担心新兴经济体会过快增长，从而抬高大宗商品价格。
• The store manager profited by inflating his prices.
  那家商店的经理是以抬高物价来赚钱的。
• Some corporate borrowers have turned stock speculators; others are inflating property bubbles.
  一些企业借方已变成了股市投机者；其他人则正在吹大房地产泡沫。
• Again, to avoid inflating revenue results, you should only provide values for non-ecommerce goals.
  再次，以避免虚报收入的结果，你应该只提供价值的非电子商务的目标。