剑桥高阶英汉双解词典 - inflate collapse

inflate
/ɪn'fleɪt/
verb
FILL WITH AIR 充气
[I or T]
* to cause to increase in size by filling with air
（使）充气；（使）膨胀

1. He inflated the balloons with helium.
他给气球充了氦气。

2. We watch the hot-air balloon slowly inflate.
我们看着热气球慢慢胀大。

/ɪn'fleɪt/
verb
MAKE LARGER 夸大
[T]
* to make something larger or more important
抬高；夸大

1. They inflated their part in the rescue every time they told the story.
他们每次讲这个故事时都要夸大自己在营救中的贡献。

柯林斯COBUILD高阶英汉双解学习词典 - inflate collapse

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1.V-ERG 及物/不及物动词(使)充气;(使)膨胀;(使)胀大 If you inflate something such as a balloon or tyre, or if it inflates, it becomes bigger as it is filled with air or a gas.

【语法信息】：V n

【语法信息】：V

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

    斯图尔特跳到海里给救生艇充气。

  • Don's lifejacket had failed to inflate.

    唐的救生衣未能充气膨胀。

2.V-ERG 及物/不及物动词抬高(物价);(使)(物价)涨高 If you say that someone inflates the price of something, or that the price inflates, you mean that the price increases.

【语法信息】：V n

【语法信息】：V

  • 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。

  • Clothing prices have not inflated as much as automobiles.

    服装价格的涨幅不及汽车那么高。

inflated

  • They had to buy everything at inflated prices at the ranch store.

    他们不得不在农场商店以高价购买所有东西。

3.VERB 动词夸张;夸大;吹嘘 If someone inflates the 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.

【语法信息】：V n

  • 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。

  • 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。

牛津高阶英汉双解 第7版 - inflate collapse

inflate
in·flate / in5fleit / verb1. to fill sth or become filled with gas or air
   使充气；膨胀:
  ▪ [VN]
   Inflate your life jacket by pulling sharply on the cord.
   猛拽绳扣使你的救生衣充气。
  ▪ [V]
   The life jacket failed to inflate.
   救生衣未能充气。
2. [VN] to make sth appear to be more important or impressive than it really is
   鼓吹；吹捧
3. to increase in price; to increase the price of sth
   (使)涨价:
  ▪ [VN]
   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。
  ▪ [V]
   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。
⇨ compare deflate (3), reflate

牛津搭配语词典 第2版 - inflate collapse

inflate verb
Inflate is used with these nouns as the object: balloon, ego, figure, raft, tyre, value

牛津英语同义词学习词典 - inflate collapse

inflate verb
⇨ exaggerate (inflate the importance of sth) ⇨ increase (inflate prices) ⇨ swell (inflate your life jacket)

新牛津英语同义词词典 - inflate collapse

inflate

verb
1 we started to inflate the balloons | the mattress inflated
BLOW UP ,
FILL WITH AIR , aerate, fill up, puff up, puff out, pump up; dilate, distend, swell.
-opposite(s): DEFLATE.

2 one effect of the demand for second homes was to inflate prices
INCREASE , raise, put up, boost, escalate, step up; informal hike up, jack up, bump up.
-opposite(s): DECREASE, DEPRESS.

3 numbers have been greatly inflated by the local press
EXAGGERATE , magnify, pump up, overplay, overstate, dramatize, elaborate, enhance, embellish, touch up, blow up, blow up out of all proportion; increase, extend, amplify, augment, expand, intensify, swell; stretch the truth; informal make a big thing out of.
-opposite(s): PLAY DOWN, UNDERSTATE.

Collins COBUILD English Usage - inflate collapse

inflate

If you inflate something such as a tyre, balloon, or airbed, you fill it full of air or gas.

    ...a rubber dinghy that took half an hour to inflate.

`blow up'

Inflate is a formal or technical word. In conversation, you usually say that you blow up a tyre, balloon, or airbed.

    She blew up the airbed.

    She would buy her son a dinghy and a pump to blow it up.

词源记忆 - inflate collapse

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