| 单词 | inflate |
| 释义 | inflate (once / 268 pages) v Using your own breath or an air pump, you can inflate a balloon — or anything else you need to pump air into. When you inflate something you fill it with air (or any other gas) to make it expand. From the Latin verb inflāre, "to blow into," the word inflate appeared in English in the early 16th century. Although we usually think of the word inflate as referring to blowing air or gas into a balloon or a tire, anything that grows larger, from food prices to an egoist's self-image, can be inflated. When an item becomes scarce, its price is likely to be inflated. WORD FAMILYinflate: inflatable, inflated, inflater, inflates, inflating, inflation, inflator+/inflated: inflatedly/inflation: disinflation, inflationary, inflations/inflator: inflators USAGE EXAMPLESMaybe the once unrivaled SEC isn’t as strong as initially perceived, thus inflating Alabama’s success this season. Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) They are accused of misusing public money by paying inflated prices for public works contracts. The Guardian(Dec 29, 2016) Voucher proponents dismiss the estimate as inflated by a Democratic state education chief. Washington Post(Dec 26, 2016) 1v fill with gas or air inflate a balloons Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper blow up deflate become deflated or flaccid, as by losing air reflate inflate again billow, heave, surgerise and move, as in waves or billows expand make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity 2v become inflated Syn|Hypo|Hyper balloon, billow reflate become inflated again expand become larger in size or volume or quantity 3v exaggerate or make bigger The charges were inflated Syn|Hypo|Hyper amplify, blow up, expand puff up make larger or distend increase make bigger or more 4v cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or credit The war inflated the economy Ant|Hypo|Hyper deflate produce deflation in reflate economics: raise demand, expand the money supply, or raise prices, after a period of deflation alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation 5v increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value inflate the currency Ant|Hyper deflate reduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a decline in value or prices bring down, cut, cut back, cut down, reduce, trim, trim back, trim down cut down on; make a reduction in |
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