(especially of prices )尤指价格 higher than is acceptable or reasonable 过高的;高得不合理的 inflated prices/salaries 过高的价格/薪金
Extra ExamplesThe prices of meals are often artificially inflated. 饭菜价格常常被人为地抬高。 Consumers are paying inflated prices for food. 消费者要支付很高的食品费用。 These figures are grossly inflated. 这些数字被大大夸大了。 company directors with inflated salaries 薪金奇高的公司董事
(of ideas, claims, etc. )思想、主张等 believing or claiming that somebody/something is more important or impressive than they really are 夸张的;言过其实的 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- greatly
- grossly
- hugely
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