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V-ERG
(使)充氣;(使)膨脹;(使)脹大
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.
例句
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。
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V-ERG
抬高(物價);(使)(物價)漲高
If you say that someone inflates the price of something, or that the price inflates, you mean that the price increases.
例句
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么高。
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VERB
夸張;夸大;吹噓
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.
例句
They inflated clients' medical treatment to defraud insurance companies...
他們夸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夸大其詞，充滿謊言。