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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
inflating — present participle of inflate
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
充气；使膨胀；膨胀
To enlarge by filling with air or gas; to swell or puff up.
She inflated the balloons with helium.
她用氦气给气球充了气。
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.
inflate
Base
原形
inflates
3rd person
第三人称单数
inflating
-ing
现在分词
inflated
Past
过去式
inflated
Past participle
过去分词
He inflates the balloon.
他给气球充气。
She inflated the tires yesterday.
她昨天给轮胎充了气。
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。
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。
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。
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。
Not this
He inflated air into the balloon.
Use this
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。
Not this
The balloon inflated by him.
Use this
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。
Not this
The tire is inflate.
Use this
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”。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
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。
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。
Use inflating naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
想象给瘪轮胎打气：气（in）进入后轮胎鼓起来，就是 inflate——充气、膨胀。
语域：mixed 常见场景：inflating a balloon or tire、inflating figures in formal writing、inflating data in computing 这个动词的语域会随义项变化：字面义“充气”多用于日常和说明性场合，语气比较中性；比喻义“夸大”或“抬高（价格）”则常见于正式或评价性语境；在计算机领域又指“解压缩”。学习时最好结合具体搭配和语境来判断语域。
既可作及物动词（如：inflate a tire），也可作不及物动词（如：the tire inflates）。
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