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。
• 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。
• Some corporate borrowers have turned stock speculators; others are inflating property bubbles.
  一些企业借方已变成了股市投机者；其他人则正在吹大房地产泡沫。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Their immediate dilemma is how to sustain recovery without inflating credit and asset-price bubbles.
  最直接的问题是如何在不扩大信贷和房地产泡沫的情况下维持经济的复兴。
• He says the flood of liquidity from the Fed has been responsible for inflating emerging market assets, and lifting commodities prices and commodity-linked currencies.
  斯坦纳德表示，来自美联储的大量流动性，造成了新兴市场资产的膨胀，并推高了大宗商品价格和与大宗商品相关货币的汇率。