inflate

• vt. 使充气；使通货膨胀
• vi. 膨胀；充气

in-,进入，使，-flat,吹，鼓起，词源同blow,conflate.引申词义充气，膨胀。

1. fill with gas or air;

"inflate a balloons"

2. exaggerate or make bigger;

"The charges were inflated"

3. cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or credit;

"The war inflated the economy"

4. increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value;

"inflate the currency"

5. become inflated;

"The sails ballooned"

inflate

inflate: [16] Inflate comes from inflātus, the past participle of Latin inflāre ‘blow into’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix in- and flāre ‘blow’ (a distant relative of English blow). The use of inflate and inflation as technical terms in economics to denote uncontrolled growth in money supply, credit, etc originated in 1830s America.
=> blow

inflate (v.)

early 15c., "cause to swell," from Latin inflatus, past participle of inflare "to blow into, inflate" (see inflation). Economics sense from 1844. In some senses a back-formation from inflation. Related: Inflatable; inflated; inflating.

Inflate your life jacket by pulling sharply on the cord.

猛拽绳扣使你的救生衣充气。

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The life jacket failed to inflate.

救生衣未能充气。

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The principal effect of the demand for new houses was to inflate prices.

对新住宅需求的主要结果是促使价格上涨。

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Food prices are no longer inflating at the same rate as last year.

食物价格的上涨率已不再像去年那样高了。

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Stuart jumped into the sea and inflated the liferaft...

斯图尔特跳到海里给救生艇充气。

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Don's lifejacket had failed to inflate.

唐的救生衣未能充气膨胀。

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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。

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Clothing prices have not inflated as much as automobiles.

服装价格的涨幅不及汽车那么高。

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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。

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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。

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Down power to inflate and fill up with air.

蓬松度是指羽绒蓄含空气和膨胀的能力.

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Opening the door in an emergency will automatically inflate the evacuation slides.

打开紧急出口的门会自动充气逃离滑梯.

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The pictures hereinafter are the contrast before and after inflate.

该产品图片是产品膨胀前后对比.

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Being both lighter than air and nonflammable, helium is used to inflate balloons and airships.

由于既比空气轻又不可燃, 氦用作充气球和飞艇.

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Air bags were designed to inflate rapidly in an accident.

设计气囊是为了在事故中快速地充气.

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The Fed is printing money, which will eventually inflate away the value of dollar holdings.

美联储的印钞机, 这将最终抬高以外的价值,美元资产.

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When educational function of status excessively inflate, higher meaning of education will be distorted and lost.

当教育“身份”功能过度膨胀时, 它就会扭曲和损害更高意义上的育人功能.

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The system seems designed to inflate costs.

这样的制度设计看似就是要增加成本.

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When disaster strikes , a troubling human response can inflate the death toll: people freeze up.

当灾难来袭, 混乱的人类反应会增加遇难人数: 人被冻住了.

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The buyers bid against each other and often inflate the prices they pay.

买主们竞相投标,往往人为地提高价钱.

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Part of her performance involved attempting to inflate a rubber glove with a hosepipe.

更搞笑得是还有人试图通过吹管子想让橡皮手套膨胀起来.

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Inflate the Executive Punching Bag ( wonderfullywacky. com ) and pummel " the boss " as needed.

按你的上司形象做一个充气吊袋,在你郁闷的时候揍它 ( 他 ).

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GT express inflating system can inflate the tube ofa tyre in an instant.

GT快速充气系统瞬间为无内胎轮胎进行快速充气.

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So while China's market may not be a bubble yet, one could easily inflate.

因此,尽管中国股市或许还算不上泡沫, 但却可能很容易膨胀.

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Will they default, inflate or manage their way out?

发达国家将会拖欠债务,发生通货膨胀或是寻求到出路?

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