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

• He is inflating the balloons.
  他正在给气球充气。
• 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 store manager profited by inflating his prices.
  那家商店的经理是以抬高物价来赚钱的。
• This is considered to be incredible in the inflating global economy.
  这在全球通货膨胀的今天是不可想象的。
• A gradual move, over months or years, could tempt large inflows of speculative "hot money" into China, inflating domestic assets prices including stocks and property.
  如果升值是在数月或数年里逐步进行的，那可能会吸引大量投机性“热钱”流入中国，推高国内资产价格，包括股价和房价。
• 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 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。