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

Their immediate dilemma is how to sustain recovery without inflating credit and asset-price bubbles.
最直接的问题是如何在不扩大信贷和房地产泡沫的情况下维持经济的复兴。
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。
He is inflating the balloons.
他正在给气球充气。
Inflating kids 'self-esteem too much can backfire, making them feel worse later on when they hit setbacks.
让孩子的自我过于膨胀反而有可能起到相反的作用，使他们在未来遭受挫折时感觉更为糟糕。
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。
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 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。
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 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。
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。