inflating

英 [ɪnˈfleɪtɪŋ]

美 [ɪnˈfleɪtɪŋ]

v.  使充气; 膨胀; 鼓吹; 吹捧; (使)涨价
inflate的现在分词

COCA.38060

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。

双语例句

• It would help government finances by inflating away 10 per cent of total government debt.
  通过通胀令政府总债务的10%化为乌有，将有助于政府财政。
• Many pension funds follow the index and, argue senators, those investments are artificially inflating prices.
  一些参议员辩称，许多养老金跟踪该指数，这些投资在人为地抬高价格。
• The major oil-producing nations, he said, are inflating their oil reserves by as much as300 billion barrels.
  他说，主要石油生产国“虚报”了3000亿桶石油储量。
• These show the China price inflating at about 3 per cent a year.
  这些数据显示，中国产品的价格每年上涨约3%。
• He is inflating the balloons.
  他正在给气球充气。
• Even as the dot-com bubble deflated, credulous bankers and investors began inflating a new bubble in housing.
  即使网路泡沫破灭时，容易受骗的银行家与投资人仍然开始炒作房市泡沫。
• Some hope liquidity would improve the economy through inflating asset markets, i.e., creating another bubble.
  一些希望流动资金将通过改善经济膨胀的资产市场，即创造另一个泡沫。
• Always supervise your children when inflating or deflating the airbed!
  当对气床充气和排气时监管好你的小孩。
• The store manager profited by inflating his prices.
  那家商店的经理是以抬高物价来赚钱的。
• This is considered to be incredible in the inflating global economy.
  这在全球通货膨胀的今天是不可想象的。