inflate
pronunciation
UK [ɪnˈfleɪt]
US [ɪnˈfleɪt]
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- vt.& vi.
- 使充气（于轮胎、气球等）
- （使）膨胀
- （使）通货膨胀
- 物价上涨
Word Origin
inflate 充气，膨胀
in-,进入，使，-flat,吹，鼓起，词源同blow,conflate.引申词义充气，膨胀。
Antonym
Example
- 1. The bubble did not only inflate asset prices , it also inflated pay .
- 以前的泡沫不仅膨胀了资产的价格，同时也膨胀了薪酬。
- 2. Savers seeking to avoid being fleeced by the country 's banks inflate housing bubbles instead .
- 相反，储蓄者则寻找机会避免被国家银行膨胀的住房泡沫搜刮殆尽。
- 3. Bubbles inflate precisely because people fail to recognise that they are living with dangerous imbalances .
- 经济泡沫不断膨胀，恰好是因为人们无法意识到自己正生活在危险的不平衡之中。
- 4. Guys tend to let the confidence of a one-night stand inflate their egos , sometimes in a demeaning way .
- 男人通常因为一夜情带来的自信而自我膨胀，有时会甚至会伤害到对方。
- 5. Or they could let their currencies fall and ease rates . But that would inflate the burden of foreign-currency debt , crippling borrowers too .
- 或者他们也可以让本币贬值和降低利率，但这会导致外币债务膨胀，由此也会损害借款人。
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