inflate

B2 CET-4 大学 FREQ #26852 ★☆☆☆☆

vt. 使膨胀, 使得意, 使通货膨胀, 使充气 vi. 充气, 膨胀

发音

CA /ɪnˈfleɪt/
其它
US /ɪnˈfleɪt/
UK /ɪnˈfleɪt/
AU /ɪnˈflæɪt/
NZ /ənˈflæɪt/

词形变化

inflated inflates 三单 inflates inflateth inflating inflating 现在分词 inflated 过去式 inflated 过去分词

教材释义与例句

动词

使充气；使通货膨胀

动词

膨胀；充气

释义与例句

v. B2
  1. 1.

    To enlarge an object by pushing air (or a gas) into it; to raise or expand abnormally

    充气

    及物

    You inflate a balloon by blowing air into it.

  2. 2.

    To enlarge by filling with air (or a gas).

    膨胀

    不及物

    The balloon will inflate if you blow into it.

  3. 3.

    To swell; to puff up.

    比喻

    to inflate somebody with pride or vanity

  4. 4.

    To decompress (data) that was previously deflated.

    及物 计算机 工程 数学
  5. 5.

    To represent something as being more important, better, or worse than it actually is; to exaggerate.

    比喻 及物

    Israel routinely claims that the Gaza Ministry of Health, which is run by Hamas, has a tendency to inflate the number of Palestinian casualties in the Gaza Strip.

词汇关系

动词

同义词 5

balloon expand amplify billow blow up

反义词 1

deflate

上位词 10

change cut increase reduce expand alter trim modify bring down cut back

下位词 5

surge heave billow reflate puff up

词源

From Latin īnflātus, perfect passive participle of īnflō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of inblow.

来源：wiktionary