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

• 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。
• He declined to comment on their motives, amid speculation that inflating 2007 bonuses may have played a part.
  他拒绝就这些人的动机进行评论，但外界猜测，抬高2007年年终奖可能是原因之一。
• The second allows borrowers to retain assets by inflating away their debts.
  第二个结果可以使债务人保留资产，因为通胀使其债务削减。
• 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。
• 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%。
• 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。
• If there was a worry, it was that emerging economies would grow too quickly, inflating commodity prices.
  如果说人们有什么担心的话，那就是担心新兴经济体会过快增长，从而抬高大宗商品价格。
• 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。
• The next tip is to avoid unnecessarily "inflating" tasks.
  下一个技巧是避免让任务不必要地“膨胀”。
• The lungs themselves are passive, only inflating and deflating because the walls and floor of the thoracic cavity move.
  肺脏他们自己是被动的，仅仅膨胀和紧缩因为胸部的洞行动的墙壁和地板。