inflates

英 [ɪnˈfleɪts]

美 [ɪnˈfleɪts]

v.  使充气; 膨胀; 鼓吹; 吹捧; (使)涨价
inflate的第三人称单数

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

• A safety restraint in an automobile; the bag inflates on collision and prevents the driver or passenger from being thrown forward.
  牢固在汽车上的安全的袋子；由于碰撞充气并且阻止司机被抛到前面的袋子。
• Large African viper that inflates its body when alarmed.
  发怒时身体膨胀的大型非洲蝰蛇。
• Within the third dimension, the balloon has a center, and its surface expands into the surrounding air as it inflates.
  在三维空间中，气球确实有个中心，而在它膨胀的时候，表面也是向周围的空间扩张出去的。
• If the child inflates a balloon, it becomes bigger as it is filled with air.
  如果儿童充气气球，它就成为更大，因为这是充满空气。
• That is a bad approach, because it inflates the denominator.
  那是不好的手段，因为无形中扩大了分母。
• It not only increases the platforms of content transmission, but also spreads the channels of content transmission, which inflates the capability of media content transmission.
  它不仅增加了内容传输的平台，还拓展了内容传输的渠道，从而使媒介的内容传输能力空前膨胀。
• American sandpiper that inflates its chest when courting.
  美洲矶鹬，求爱时胸部涨大。
• Within less than a second, however, the shell inflates into a full-fledged airplane with a six-foot wingspan.
  不过还不到一秒钟，炮弹就膨胀成翼展两公尺的完整飞机。
• When the consumer price index inflates, to due money, there are no places to hide.
  当消费者物价指数上涨带来货币贬值，他们同样无处可藏。
• When biological information inflates and is displaced, it is also unavailable to assist the body in ascending.
  当生物信息被膨胀和转移时，它们也就无法获得来支持身体的提升。