| 单词 | inflate |
| 释义 | inflate /m'fleit; m'flet/ vt, vi [VP6A, 14, 2A, C] ~ sth (with), 1 fill a tyre, balloon, etc with air or gas; (cause to) swell: 灌气于 (轮胎，气球等); 使膨胀; 膨胀： (fig) (喻) ~d with pride; 傲气十足; ~d language, full of high-sounding words but containing little substance. 浮夸的言词。 2 take action to increase the amount of money in circulation so that prices rise. 使 (通货) 膨胀而引起物价上涨。 → deflate. inflatable /-sdl; -sdl/ adj that can be ~d: 可充气的; 可使之膨龙的： an inflatable rubber dinghy. 一禄可充气的橡皮赢。 in-flation /m'fleifn; in'fie Jan/ n [U] act of inflating; state of being ~d; (esp) (rise in prices brought about by the) expansion of the supply of bank money, credit, etc. 灌气; 膨胀; (尤指) 通货膨胀; 信用膨胀; 因通货或信用膨胀而引起的物价 inflationary /m'fleifnn US: -nen; m'fle-jon 遥 ri/ adj of, caused by, inflation: 膨胀的; 通货膨胀的; 由膨胀或通货膨胀而引起的： the inflationary spiral, economic situation in which prices and wages rise in turn as the supply of money is increased. 螺旋性通货膨胀 (因通货膨胀而引起物价及工资 .上涨的经济状况) 。 |
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