inflate

verb

1. 使充气；膨胀
   to fill sth or become filled with gas or air
   1. Inflate your life jacket by pulling sharply on the cord.
      猛拽绳扣使你的救生衣充气。
   2. The life jacket failed to inflate.
      救生衣未能充气。
2. 鼓吹；吹捧
   to make sth appear to be more important or impressive than it really is
3. （使）涨价
   to increase in price; to increase the price of sth
   1. 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。
   2. 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。

1. V-ERG (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.
   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。
2. V-ERG 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.
   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。
3. VERB 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.
   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。

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。
3. 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。
4. Clothing prices have not inflated as much as automobiles.
   服装价格的涨幅不及汽车那么高。
5. 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。
6. 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。
7. The air bag would inflate in event of a collision to cushion front seat passengers.
   如果发生撞车，气袋会充气胀开保护前座的乘客。
8. The government would inflate the economy and then put on price control.
   政府将先让经济膨胀，然后再实施物价管理。
9. We have to inflate the football.
   我们得给足球充气。
10. If it fails to inflate, or you need top up the air, blow into this tube.
    如果充气失败，或者你需要补充充气，向管子直接吹气即可。
11. Thus we have market bubbles in which investors inflate stocks or homes way above their rational value.
    因此，我们会看到市场泡沫，投资者将股票或房产的价格抬高到远远高于它们合理价值的水平。
12. By this we can ruin their credit, and make their currency devaluate and inflate.
    这样我们就有十足的把握来摧毁他们的信用，使他们的货币贬值，发生通货膨胀。
13. As we have learned from previous bubbles they can inflate for a long time before they burst.
    因为我们了解到，从以往的泡沫可以膨胀在相当长的时间，然后爆裂。
14. Being both lighter than air and nonflammable, helium is used to inflate balloons and airships.
    由于既比空气轻又不可燃，氦用作充气球和飞艇。
15. The rise in Chinese demand could further inflate gold prices.
    中国需求的上升可能进一步推高金价。
16. Fluent fusion inflate fervent flame, floret and foliage;
    流利的熔合膨胀了热的火焰，小花和树叶。
17. Wingtip Dual inflation zippers: To inflate your kite with effortless input, for a safer and easier launch.
    翼梢双重通货膨胀拉链：膨胀您的风筝以不出力的输入，为更加安全和更加容易的发射。
18. The effect of gap increases the bubble and market value expansion which inflate the wealth of society.
    缺口效应增加泡沫和市值膨胀，属虚增的社会财富。
19. Down power to inflate and fill up with air.
    蓬松度是指羽绒蓄含空气和膨胀的能力。
20. RN to PT: when I inflate the blood pressure cuff it'll be a little tight.
    注册护士对病人：在我给血压袖带充气的时候，你会觉得有点紧。
21. Sometimes people will inflate their income on their application in hopes that this will help their approval process.
    有时人们会将其收入的应用，希望这有助于他们的审批程序。
22. Instead, they allowed the bubble to inflate and let financial transactions become increasingly opaque and ever more leveraged.
    相反，他们听任泡沫不断膨胀，任由金融交易变得越来越不透明、杠杆率越来越高。
23. You might unknowingly inflate your expectations due to Jupiter's proximity to Neptune.
    因为木星在海王星附近，你不知不觉间提高了自己的期望值。
24. When the sun rises, the guard cells inflate and bulge to open the stomata, and photosynthesis begins.
    当太阳升起时，这些保卫细胞充气并膨胀，打开了气孔，即开始了光合作用。
25. Grab your new tube and inflate just enough to give the tube shape.
    抓住你的新管，膨胀刚好给管的形状。
26. But concern is growing that banks will artificially inflate their ratios rather than raise fresh capital.
    但让人们日益担心的是，银行会人为虚抬资本金比率，而不是增加新资本。
27. The prices of all houses inflate at approximately the same rate.
    所有房子的价格以大致相同的比率飞涨。
28. So while China's market may not be a bubble yet, one could easily inflate.
    因此，尽管中国股市或许还算不上泡沫，但却可能很容易膨胀。
29. The bubble did not only inflate asset prices, it also inflated pay.
    以前的泡沫不仅膨胀了资产的价格，同时也膨胀了薪酬。

  fill cram inflate stuff【导航词义：充满】

  fill v. （使）充满，挤满

〔辨析〕指（使）容器等装满某物或处所等挤满人；也可引申指使某人充满某种感情。

  cram v. 把…塞满，挤满

〔辨析〕指把某物塞入狭小的空间；也指人挤进或挤满某一交通工具、处所等。

  inflate v. （使）充气

〔辨析〕指某物充气膨胀，或指为某物充气。

  stuff v. 填满，装满

〔辨析〕指把某物装满；用于烹饪时则指给鸡、辣椒等填馅。

verb

1. become inflated
   1. The sails ballooned

   Synonym:    balloonbillow

2. fill with gas or air
   1. inflate a balloons

   Synonym:    blow up

3. exaggerate or make bigger
   1. The charges were inflated

   Synonym:    blow upexpandamplify

4. increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value
   1. inflate the currency

5. cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or credit
   1. The war inflated the economy