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

• Even when everything around it collapsed the company kept on inflating.
  即使周围的公司都倒闭了，它却一直扩大。
• The yen carry trade has amplified global liquidity, further inflating asset-price bubbles across the world.
  日元套息交易放大了全球资本流动，使世界各地的资产价格泡沫进一步膨胀。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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”。
• He says the flood of liquidity from the Fed has been responsible for inflating emerging market assets, and lifting commodities prices and commodity-linked currencies.
  斯坦纳德表示，来自美联储的大量流动性，造成了新兴市场资产的膨胀，并推高了大宗商品价格和与大宗商品相关货币的汇率。
• An inflatable rubber air bag is sheathed with the inner side of the inflating opening in the shell body.
  在所述壳体内部、在充气口内侧套设一可充气的橡胶气囊。