inflates
v. 使充氣(於輪胎、氣球等)( inflate的第三人稱單數 ); (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。
Mass advertising often inflates prices rather than reducing them.
大宗廣告常常是抬高物價而不是降低.
When disturbed, the fish inflates itself and becomes globular in form.
當河豚魚受到驚嚇時,它會將自己膨脹成球狀.
American sandpiper that inflates its chest when courting.
美洲磯鷸,求愛時胸部漲大.
At the same time, if stock exchange inflates too much, it will take bad effect.
同時, 股票市場如果過度膨脹, 會對經濟增長帶來負面效應.
When the consumer price index inflates , to devalue money, there are no places to hide.
當消費者物價指數上漲帶來貨幣貶值, 他們同樣無處可藏.