inflate

中英词典：inflate

1. 基本释义

动词

1. 使膨胀；使充气；使鼓起
2. （价格、成本等）上涨；（货币）贬值
3. 夸大；吹嘘

形容词

1. 充气的；膨胀的

名词

1. 通货膨胀

2. 词语辨析

inflate与其它词语的辨析：

1. inflate与blow up的区别

inflate更常用于指充气，例如：inflate a balloon（充气气球）；而blow up则更常用于指爆炸，例如：blow up a building（引爆建筑物）。

2. inflate与expand的区别

inflate强调的是通过注入空气或气体使物体膨胀，而expand强调的是物体自身的膨胀，不一定涉及到空气或气体的注入。

3. 词汇扩充

1. deflation（通货紧缩）

2. inflationary（通货膨胀的）

3. inflator（充气泵）

4. inflated（夸张的；膨胀的）

5. inflation rate（通货膨胀率）

4. 近义词

swell, blow up, enlarge

5. 反义词

deflate, shrink, contract

6. 柯林斯词典释义

动词

1. If you inflate a balloon, you fill it with air or gas so that it becomes larger.
2. If you inflate something such as a tyre or balloon, or if it inflates, it becomes filled with air or gas until it is very firm or hard.
3. If prices, costs, or wages inflate or are inflated, they increase.
4. If you say that someone inflates the importance or value of something, you mean that they say it is greater or more important than it really is.

名词

1. Inflation is a general increase in the prices of goods and services in a country.

7. 牛津词典释义

动词

1. Fill (a balloon, tyre, or other expandable structure) with air or gas so that it becomes distended.
2. Become distended with air or gas.
3. Distend or cause to distend with air or gas.
4. Enlarged by the process of inflation.
5. Increase (something) by a large or excessive amount.
6. Denoting or relating to a rate of inflation higher than that considered desirable.

名词

1. The action of inflating something or the condition of being inflated.
2. A general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money.

8. 用法

动词

1. He inflated the balloon until it burst.
2. She inflated the tires of her bicycle before going for a ride.
3. The prices of goods have been inflating rapidly.
4. Don't inflate your achievements, just be honest.

名词

1. The country is experiencing high levels of inflation.

9. 相关例句

1. He inflated the balloon until it burst.（他把气球吹得爆炸了。）
2. She inflated the tires of her bicycle before going for a ride.（她在骑车前给自行车轮胎充了气。）
3. The prices of goods have been inflating rapidly.（商品价格一直在迅速上涨。）
4. Don't inflate your achievements, just be honest.（不要夸大你的成就，要诚实。）
5. The country is experiencing high levels of inflation.（该国正在经历高通货膨胀水平。）
6. Inflate the balloon slowly.（慢慢地给气球充气。）
7. The company inflated the prices of its products.（该公司提高了产品的价格。）
8. The balloon inflated with a loud bang.（气球发出巨响地膨胀起来。）
9. The government is taking measures to control inflation.（政府正在采取措施控制通货膨胀。）
10. The CEO inflated the company's profits to attract investors.（首席执行官夸大公司的利润以吸引投资者。）
11. Their egos are inflated by all the attention they receive.（他们因为受到的关注而自负。）
12. The balloon inflated to twice its original size.（气球膨胀到原来的两倍大。）
13. She inflated the beach ball with a pump.（她用泵给沙滩球充气。）
14. Some people believe that the government is inflating the statistics.（有些人认为政府在夸大统计数据。）
15. The population of the city has inflated in recent years.（这座城市的人口在近年来迅速增加。）
16. The currency has been inflated due to excessive government spending.（由于政府过度开支，货币贬值了。）
17. The politician inflated his accomplishments during the speech.（那位政治家在演讲中夸大了自己的成就。）
18. They inflated the importance of the event.（他们夸大了这个事件的重要性。）
19. The balloon inflated quickly.（气球迅速膨胀。）
20. The tire slowly inflated as the air was pumped into it.（轮胎随着空气的注入慢慢膨胀。）
21. The prices of goods continue to inflate.（商品价格继续上涨。）