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 store manager profited by inflating his prices.
  那家商店的经理是以抬高物价来赚钱的。
• The risk is that the new rules end up inflating a sovereign debt bubble.
  风险在于，新规定最终会催生主权债务泡沫。
• 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 yen carry trade has amplified global liquidity, further inflating asset-price bubbles across the world.
  日元套息交易放大了全球资本流动，使世界各地的资产价格泡沫进一步膨胀。
• A new lag inflating curing agent could be developed by controlling the expanding speed properly.
  通过对快速膨胀变形的适当控制，可开发出滞后膨胀式脱模养护剂。
• 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。
• 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。
• The second allows borrowers to retain assets by inflating away their debts.
  第二个结果可以使债务人保留资产，因为通胀使其债务削减。
• 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”。