inflate
vt.& vi. 使充氣(於輪胎、氣球等); (使)膨脹; (使)通貨膨脹; 物價上漲
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...
斯圖爾特跳到海里給救生艇充氣。
Don's lifejacket had failed to inflate.
唐的救生衣未能充氣膨脹。
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...
大規模發行所需的廣告宣傳會增加一部電影的最終成本。
Clothing prices have not inflated as much as automobiles.
服裝價格的漲幅不及汽車那麼高。
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...
他們誇大客戶傷勢的嚴重性和治療情形以欺騙保險公司。
Even his war record was fraudulently inflated.
甚至他的參戰履歷也是誇大其詞,充滿謊言。
1. fill with gas or air;
2. exaggerate or make bigger;
3. cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or credit;
4. increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value;
5. become inflated;
Down power to inflate and fill up with air.
蓬鬆度是指羽絨蓄含空氣和膨脹的能力.
Opening the door in an emergency will automatically inflate the evacuation slides.
開啟緊急出口的門會自動充氣逃離滑梯.
The pictures hereinafter are the contrast before and after inflate.
該產品圖片是產品膨脹前後對比.
Being both lighter than air and nonflammable, helium is used to inflate balloons and airships.
由於既比空氣輕又不可燃, 氦用作充氣球和飛艇.
Air bags were designed to inflate rapidly in an accident.
設計氣囊是為了在事故中快速地充氣.