inflates

英 [ɪnˈfleɪts]

美 [ɪnˈfleɪts]

v.  使充气; 膨胀; 鼓吹; 吹捧; (使)涨价
inflate的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• V-ERG (使)充气;(使)膨胀;(使)胀大
  If youinflatesomething such as a balloon or tyre, or if itinflates, it becomes bigger as it is filled with air or a gas.
  1. Stuart jumped into the sea and inflated the liferaft...
     斯图尔特跳到海里给救生艇充气。
  2. Don's lifejacket had failed to inflate.
     唐的救生衣未能充气膨胀。
• V-ERG 抬高(物价);(使)(物价)涨高
  If you say that someoneinflatesthe price of something, or that the priceinflates, you mean that the price increases.
  1. 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。
  2. Clothing prices have not inflated as much as automobiles.
     服装价格的涨幅不及汽车那么高。
• VERB 夸张;夸大;吹嘘
  If someoneinflatesthe 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.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。

双语例句

• When the air bag inflates, a proper sitting position can reduce the risk of injury, and allows you to get the best protection.
  虽然气囊可以拯救生命，这可能导致严重或致命伤害的居民谁太靠近它们，或者没有适当的限制。
• Large African viper that inflates its body when alarmed.
  发怒时身体膨胀的大型非洲蝰蛇。
• The author thought that this is after "the simplification-inflation-simplifies again-inflates again" tries wrong many times, seeks for the new breach.
  笔者以为这是在精简膨胀再精简再膨胀多次试错之后。寻找新的突破口的必然选择。
• It not only increases the platforms of content transmission, but also spreads the channels of content transmission, which inflates the capability of media content transmission.
  它不仅增加了内容传输的平台，还拓展了内容传输的渠道，从而使媒介的内容传输能力空前膨胀。
• The Chemical Pipeline Inflates the Festival Corrosion Mechanism and the Protection Engineering Research
  化工管道膨胀节腐蚀机理与防护技术研究
• Most intelligent algorithms carry out global searching in the entire search space. When the problem scale becomes large, the search space inflates rapidly.
  大部分智能优化算法属于全局搜索算法，都是在问题的全空间上进行搜索，当问题规模变大时，搜索空间迅速膨胀。
• At the same time, if stock exchange inflates too much, it will take bad effect.
  同时，股票市场如果过度膨胀，会对经济增长带来负面效应。
• The tough tofu quickly inflates in the heat of charcoal fire. It reminds people of fermented flour.
  炭火的热力，让坚硬的豆腐迅速膨胀，这很容易让人联想到发酵的面团。
• The bladder ( the part which inflates) should cover at least two thirds of the distance around your arm and should not overlap.
  皮囊要覆盖你手臂周围至少三分之二的距离，而且不要重叠。
• That's because customers would be adding the water, which is heavy and inflates transportation costs.
  这是因为消费者会自己加水，而水很重，（如果像原来一样由公司负责加水）会增加运输成本。