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

• 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。
• 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%。
• 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。
• 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。
• He is inflating the balloons.
  他正在给气球充气。
• In the1960s and70s central banks around the world were inflating the currency.
  在六十年代和七十年代，世界各地的中央银行，都在使货币上涨。
• 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。
• Set a database to the bulk-logged recovery model to avoid inflating the transaction log.
  设置一个数据库从大量恢复模式到避免膨胀的事务日志。
• 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。