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TOEFL BNC: 13902 COCA: 8865

inflate

verb
/ɪnˈfleɪt/
/ɪnˈfleɪt/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they inflate
/ɪnˈfleɪt/
/ɪnˈfleɪt/
he / she / it inflates
/ɪnˈfleɪts/
/ɪnˈfleɪts/
past simple inflated
/ɪnˈfleɪtɪd/
/ɪnˈfleɪtɪd/
past participle inflated
/ɪnˈfleɪtɪd/
/ɪnˈfleɪtɪd/
-ing form inflating
/ɪnˈfleɪtɪŋ/
/ɪnˈfleɪtɪŋ/
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  1. [transitive, intransitive] inflate (something) to fill something or become filled with gas or air使充气；膨胀
    • Inflate your life jacket by pulling sharply on the cord.猛拽绳扣使你的救生衣充气。
    • The balloons had been inflated with helium.气球已经充了氦气。
    • When attacked, the fish inflates itself to twice its size.受到攻击时，这种鱼会膨胀到两倍大。
    • The life jacket failed to inflate.救生衣未能充气。
    • The dinghy was in the water, fully inflated.橡皮艇已充好气放入水中。
  2. [transitive] inflate something to make something appear to be more important or impressive than it really is鼓吹；吹捧
    • The media have grossly inflated the significance of this meeting.媒体对这次会议的重要性大肆吹捧。
  3. [transitive, intransitive] inflate (something) to increase the price of something; to increase in price（使）涨价
    • 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。
    • The profit margin had been artificially inflated.利润率被人为提高了。
    • 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, reflate
    4. Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin inflat- ‘blown into’, from the verb inflare, from in- ‘into’ + flare ‘to blow’.
TOEFL BNC: 13902 COCA: 8865
TOEFL BNC: 13902 COCA: 8865
inflate verb
⇨ exaggerate (inflate the importance of sth) ⇨ increase (inflate prices) ⇨ swell (inflate your life jacket)
TOEFL BNC: 13902 COCA: 8865

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