inflate sth with sth
with 后接充入的气体或物质。
She inflated the balloons with helium.
她用氦气给气球充了气。
充气;使膨胀;膨胀
inflated — past of inflate
夸大;夸张;言过其实;解压缩(数据);向(物体)充气使其膨胀;异常扩大;通过充气使膨胀;膨胀;鼓起
To enlarge by filling with air or gas; to swell or puff up.
向(物体)充气使其膨胀;异常扩大
To enlarge an object by pushing air (or a gas) into it; to raise or expand abnormally
通过充气使膨胀
To enlarge by filling with air (or a gas).
膨胀;鼓起
To swell; to puff up.
解压(先前压缩的数据)
To decompress (data) that was previously deflated.
夸大;渲染
To represent something as being more important, better, or worse than it actually is; to exaggerate.
一般现在时
He inflates the balloon.
他给气球充气。
一般过去时
She inflated the tires yesterday.
她昨天给轮胎充了气。
现在完成时
The prices have inflated rapidly.
价格迅速上涨了。
规则动词
The balloon inflated quickly when I blew air into it.
当我往里吹气时,气球迅速膨胀了。
用法提示:在此句中,"inflated"表示“充气膨胀”,是动词的过去式。
The company's CEO inflated the sales figures to impress investors.
公司CEO夸大了销售数字以打动投资者。
用法提示:在此句中,"inflated"表示“夸大,虚报”,是动词的过去式。
The central bank's decision to print more money could inflate the economy's asset prices.
中央银行印更多钞票的决定可能会推高经济中的资产价格。
用法提示:在此句中,"inflate"表示“使(价格)上涨”,是动词原形。
with 后接充入的气体或物质。
She inflated the balloons with helium.
她用氦气给气球充了气。
主语是充气物本身,表示自动膨胀,不用被动语态。
The life raft inflates automatically when it hits the water.
救生筏一碰到水就会自动充气膨胀。
此用法表示夸大、言过其实,常含贬义。
The tabloids inflated a minor mistake into a career-ending scandal.
小报把一个小错误夸大成断送职业生涯的丑闻。
口语中常用;强调用嘴或气筒把物体充大,可与 inflate 互换,但较随意。若特指用泵打气,pump up 更准确。另注意 blow up 还有“爆炸、发火”等义,需靠语境判断。
强调借助打气筒或泵,通常用于轮胎、篮球、充气床等;inflate 不一定指明工具,因此 pump up 更具体,语气也更中性。
多指自身鼓起或肿胀,如脸颊、伤口等,侧重外观变圆;一般不用于人为给物体充气(如给轮胎打气)的场合,常用于不及物用法。
语义广泛,可因充气、吸水、受伤等而变大;可作不及物用法(如 The balloon swelled),但不如 inflate 直接。在比喻中(如人数增多)也更常用。
grammar · medium
易错句子He inflated air into the balloon.
正确表达He inflated the balloon.
inflate 是及物动词,宾语应当是“被充气的物体”(气球),而不是气体。汉语里“把气充进气球”的介宾结构不能直接套用;表示给某物充气时,要说 inflate + 物体。
grammar · medium
易错句子The balloon inflated by him.
正确表达The balloon was inflated by him.
当 inflate 带出施动者(by him)时,必须用被动语态 was inflated;inflate 的不及物用法不接 by + 施动者。也就是说,句子中出现了明确的行为主体,就要改用被动结构。
grammar · medium
易错句子The tire is inflate.
正确表达The tire is inflated.
be 动词后面需要形容词或分词,不能用动词原形。inflate 的过去分词 inflated 可以作形容词,表示“充好气的、鼓起来的”。
针对“充气;使膨胀”义项;deflate 表示放出气体使物体收缩,是 inflate 的直接反义词。
针对“膨胀;扩大”义项;shrink 表示体积或范围变小,但不特指放气。
针对“解压缩(数据)”义项;compress 表示将数据压缩,与解压相对。
针对“夸大;言过其实”义项;understate 表示故意不充分表达,是 exaggerate 的反义。
inflate 是向物体内充气使其鼓起;deflate 是放出气体使其瘪下,动作方向正好相反。
inflate 特指用气体把物体撑大;enlarge 泛指使尺寸、规模或数量变大,不一定充气,如放大图片。
inflate 通常表示有意地充气;swell 常指因内部压力、受热等原因自然变大,且多作不及物动词。
给轮胎充气
He stopped at the gas station to inflate the tires.
他在加油站停下来给轮胎充气。
给气球充气
She helped the child inflate the balloon for the party.
她帮孩子给聚会用的气球充气。
抬高价格
The war inflated the prices of basic goods.
战争抬高了基本商品的价格。
使某人自大
Constant praise can inflate a young athlete's ego.
不断的赞美会使年轻运动员变得自大。
夸大数字
The manager was fired for inflating the sales figures.
这名经理因夸大销售数字而被解雇。
in-(进入)+ -flate(吹,源自拉丁语 flare);同根词:deflate、inflation;同前缀词:include
膨胀的自我;自负
Winning the award only inflated his ego.
获奖只会让他的自我更加膨胀。
虚高的价格
The restaurant charges inflated prices for simple dishes.
这家餐厅对简单的菜肴收取虚高的价格。
自我感觉过于重要;膨胀的重要性感
He has an inflated sense of his own importance.
他过分看重自己的重要性。
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