inflates
v. 使充气(于轮胎、气球等)( inflate的第三人称单数 ); (使)膨胀; (使)通货膨胀; 物价上涨
If you inflate something such as a balloon or tyre, or if it inflates, it becomes bigger as it is filled with air or a gas.
Stuart jumped into the sea and inflated the liferaft...
斯图尔特跳到海里给救生艇充气。
Don's lifejacket had failed to inflate.
唐的救生衣未能充气膨胀。
If you say that someone inflates the price of something, or that the price inflates, you mean that the price increases.
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。
Clothing prices have not inflated as much as automobiles.
服装价格的涨幅不及汽车那么高。
If someone inflates the 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.
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。
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。
Mass advertising often inflates prices rather than reducing them.
大宗广告常常是抬高物价而不是降低.
When disturbed, the fish inflates itself and becomes globular in form.
当河豚鱼受到惊吓时,它会将自己膨胀成球状.
American sandpiper that inflates its chest when courting.
美洲矶鹬,求爱时胸部涨大.
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.
When the consumer price index inflates , to devalue money, there are no places to hide.
当消费者物价指数上涨带来货币贬值, 他们同样无处可藏.