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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   inflate

   • IPA[inˈflāt]

   美式

   • v.
     fill (a balloon, tire, or other expandable structure) with air or gas so that it becomes distended.；become distended by being filled with air or gas

   • verb: inflate, 3rd person present: inflates, gerund or present participle: inflating, past tense: inflated, past participle: inflated

2. • 釋義

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. fill (a balloon, tire, or other expandable structure) with air or gas so that it becomes distended.
   • ▪ become distended by being filled with air or gas the mattress inflated 同義詞 blow up, fill with air, aerate, fill up, puff up, ... 更多puff out, pump up, dilate, distend, swell反義詞 deflate
   • 2. increase (something) by a large or excessive amount objectives should be clearly set out so as not to duplicate work and inflate costs 同義詞 increase, raise, put up, boost, escalate, ... 更多step up, informalhike up, jack up, bump up反義詞 decrease, depress
   • ▪ exaggerate numbers have been grossly inflated by the local press 同義詞 exaggerate, magnify, pump up, overplay, overstate, ... 更多dramatize, elaborate, enhance, embellish, touch up, blow up, blow up out of all proportion, increase, extend, amplify, augment, expand, intensify, swell, stretch the truth, informalmake a big thing out of反義詞 play down, understate
   • 3. bring about inflation of (a currency) or in (an economy) he has inflated the money supply to allow companies to continue in their old ways