| 单词 | inflated |
| 释义 | inflated (once / 2342 pages) adj If it's puffed up and overrated, it's probably inflated — a simple adjective that means blown out of proportion or exaggerated. Think of a balloon. You blow and blow, and it gets bigger and bigger. Sometimes if you blow too much it takes on a distorted shape, or even explodes. Now use that same imagery, but swap the balloon for someone's ego or the price of U2 concert tickets. Both personalities and prices can get inflated beyond reasonableness — the personalities with pretentious hot air and the prices with unnecessary cost. WORD FAMILYinflated: inflatedly+/inflate: inflatable, inflated, inflater, inflates, inflating, inflation, inflator/inflation: disinflation, inflationary, inflations/inflator: inflators USAGE EXAMPLESThey 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) False returns typically reported inflated or fictitious income from a sole proprietorship and claimed phony dependents to generate an Earned Income Tax Credit. Washington Post(Dec 20, 2016) 1adj enlarged beyond truth or reasonableness Syn hyperbolic increased made greater in size or amount or degree 2adj pretentious (especially with regard to language or ideals) Syn high-flown, high-sounding pretentious making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction |
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