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

• When the air bag inflates, a proper sitting position can reduce the risk of injury, and allows you to get the best protection.
  虽然气囊可以拯救生命，这可能导致严重或致命伤害的居民谁太靠近它们，或者没有适当的限制。
• 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。
• After political power withdrawal, the civil society and the market had ability to take over control; our country administrative machinery might jump out "the simplification-inflation-simplified again-inflates again" the strange circle.
  当行政权力退出之后，市民社会和市场有能力接管了，我国行政机构就可以跳出精简膨胀再精简再膨胀的怪圈。
• The author thought that this is after "the simplification-inflation-simplifies again-inflates again" tries wrong many times, seeks for the new breach.
  笔者以为这是在精简膨胀再精简再膨胀多次试错之后。寻找新的突破口的必然选择。
• 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。
• 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。
• That's because customers would be adding the water, which is heavy and inflates transportation costs.
  这是因为消费者会自己加水，而水很重，（如果像原来一样由公司负责加水）会增加运输成本。
• 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。
• Is an expert to good expert today which the political power inflates day by day, the right safeguard and the authority restriction are the modern government by law pursue goals.
  在行政权日益膨胀的今天，权利保障和权力制约是现代法治追求的目标。
• American sandpiper that inflates its chest when courting.
  美洲矶鹬，求爱时胸部涨大。