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

• 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。
• 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”。
• Monetary policy ( accompanied by inadequate regulation) stimulated the economy largely by inflating a housing bubble, which fuelled a consumption boom.
  货币政策（伴随着监管不足）对经济的刺激主要是通过吹大房地产泡沫，进而引发了消费热潮。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。