inflate

界面语言: zh

🇺🇸 /ɪˈnfleɪt/

📖 释义

verb
充气; 膨胀; 夸大; 使得意; 使通货膨胀

EN: To fill with air or gas; to cause to expand by filling with air or gas.; To increase or expand beyond a normal or desirable level, especially in reference to prices, costs, or values.; To exaggerate or overstate the importance, value, or significance of something.; To cause someone to feel elated or puffed up with pride.; To increase the money supply in an economy, leading to a general rise in prices.

第三人称单数: inflates 过去式: inflated 过去分词: inflated 现在分词: inflating

inflate a ballooninflate pricesinflate a tireinflate one's egoinflate the economyinflate a bubble

inflationinflatableinflateddeflatedeflationreinflationinflationaryinflator

expandswellblow uppuff upenlargepump up

deflateshrinkcontractcollapse

inflame

EN: 'Inflame' means to provoke strong feelings or worsen a situation; 'inflate' means to fill with air or increase beyond normal.

zh: ‘Inflame’意为激起强烈情绪或使局势恶化；‘inflate’意为充气或超出正常范围地增加。

inflect

EN: 'Inflect' is a grammatical term meaning to change a word's form; 'inflate' means to expand or fill with air.

zh: ‘Inflect’是一个语法术语，意为改变词的形态；‘inflate’意为膨胀或充气。

EN: Do not confuse 'inflate' with 'inflame' (to provoke) or 'inflect' (grammatical term). The root is Latin 'inflare' (to blow into).

zh: 不要将‘inflate’与‘inflame’（激起）或‘inflect’（语法术语）混淆。其词根为拉丁语‘inflare’（吹入）。

She used a pump to inflate the balloons for the party.

她用打气筒给派对的气球充气。
The government's policies inflated the housing market to unsustainable levels.

政府的政策使房地产市场膨胀到不可持续的水平。
He tended to inflate his achievements when telling stories about his career.

他在讲述职业生涯时，往往夸大自己的成就。
The praise from his mentor inflated his ego considerably.

导师的赞扬极大地膨胀了他的自我。
The central bank's decision to print more money will inflate the currency.

央行决定印更多钱会导致货币通胀。