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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Set a database to the bulk-logged recovery model to avoid inflating the transaction log.
  设置一个数据库从大量恢复模式到避免膨胀的事务日志。
• 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。
• 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。
• He is inflating the balloons.
  他正在给气球充气。