inflate
verb /ɪnˈfleɪt/
/ɪnˈfleɪt/
动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they inflate | /ɪnˈfleɪt/ /ɪnˈfleɪt/ |
| he / she / it inflates | /ɪnˈfleɪts/ /ɪnˈfleɪts/ |
| past simple inflated | /ɪnˈfleɪtɪd/ /ɪnˈfleɪtɪd/ |
| past participle inflated | /ɪnˈfleɪtɪd/ /ɪnˈfleɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form inflating | /ɪnˈfleɪtɪŋ/ /ɪnˈfleɪtɪŋ/ |
- [transitive, intransitive] inflate (something) to fill something or become filled with gas or air
使充气；膨胀 - Inflate your life jacket by pulling sharply on the cord.
猛拽绳扣使你的救生衣充气。 - The balloons had been inflated with helium.
气球已经充了氦气。 - When attacked, the fish inflates itself to twice its size.
受到攻击时，这种鱼会膨胀到两倍大。 - The life jacket failed to inflate.
救生衣未能充气。 - The dinghy was in the water, fully inflated.
橡皮艇已充好气放入水中。
- Inflate your life jacket by pulling sharply on the cord.
- [transitive] inflate something to make something appear to be more important or impressive than it really is
鼓吹；吹捧 - The media have grossly inflated the significance of this meeting.
媒体对这次会议的重要性大肆吹捧。
- The media have grossly inflated the significance of this meeting.
- [transitive, intransitive] inflate (something) to increase the price of something; to increase in price
（使）涨价 - 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。 - The profit margin had been artificially inflated.
利润率被人为提高了。 - 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。
- The principal effect of the demand for new houses was to inflate prices.
词源late Middle English: from Latin inflat- ‘blown into’, from the verb inflare, from in- ‘into’ + flare ‘to blow’.