inflate

英 [ɪnˈfleɪt]

美 [ɪnˈfleɪt]

v. 使充气; 膨胀; 鼓吹; 吹捧; (使)涨价

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

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同义词辨析

fill cram inflate stuff【导航词义：充满】

fillv. （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。

〔例证〕

The glass is filled with milk.
杯子里装满了牛奶。
My job is to fill the rice sacks.
我的工作是把米袋子装满。
Her excellent speech filled the auditorium.
她精彩的演讲让礼堂爆满。
I am filled with admiration for her.
我对她充满敬佩之情。

cramv. 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。

〔例证〕

He crammed his bag with books.
他把袋子装满了书。
We all crammed in and he started the car.
我们都挤了进去，然后他发动了汽车。
The library was crammed with readers.
图书馆里挤满了读者。

inflatev. （使）充气

〔辨析〕

指某物充气膨胀，或指为某物充气。

〔例证〕

His life jacket failed to inflate.
他的救生衣未能充气胀起来。
It takes him 1-2 minutes to inflate this balloon.
他花1到2分钟就可以把这个气球吹好。
How long do you need to inflate the dinghy?
你需要多长时间才能把橡皮筏充好气？

stuffv. 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。

〔例证〕

The pillow is stuffed with cotton.
这个枕头里塞满了棉花。
She can't move those boxes stuffed full of books.
她无法搬动那些装满书的箱子。
Did you stuff the turkey?
你给火鸡填料了吗？

牛津词典

verb

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。
鼓吹；吹捧
to make sth appear to be more important or impressive than it really is
（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。

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。

英英释义

verb

become inflated
1. The sails ballooned
Synonym:balloonbillow
fill with gas or air
1. inflate a balloons
Synonym:blow up
exaggerate or make bigger
1. The charges were inflated
Synonym:blow upexpandamplify
increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value
1. inflate the currency
cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or credit
1. The war inflated the economy

双语例句

Don's lifejacket had failed to inflate.
唐的救生衣未能充气膨胀。
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。
Stuart jumped into the sea and inflated the liferaft
斯图尔特跳到海里给救生艇充气。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。