Inflate
[ ?n'flet ]
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vt.& vi. 使充氣（于輪胎、氣球等）;（使）膨脹;（使）通貨膨脹;物價上漲;
?? 詞根助記
in(in)+flate(to blow)→使膨脹；使得意；使物價上漲
?? 例句
Inflate your life jacket by pulling sharply on the cord.
猛拽繩扣使你的救生衣充氣。
?? 聯想助記
in 反 + flat 扁平，扁平的反意→膨脹
? 同義詞
?? 反義詞
?? 詞根
-hale-表示“呼吸”
?? 牛津釋義
inflate
v
1
(a) [Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sth (with sth) fill (a tyre, balloon, etc) with air or gas 使（輪胎、 氣球等）充氣、 膨脹
a fully inflated tyre 氣充得很足的 輪胎.
(b) [I] become filled with air or gas; swell 充滿氣體; 膨脹; 脹大
With a supply of compressed air the large balloon inflated in a matter of seconds. 大氣球注入壓縮空氣後, 幾秒鐘就充足了氣.
2 [Tn] (fig 比喻) cause (sb's self-opinion) to become too great 使某人自視甚高; 驕傲; 得意
flattery that would inflate the most modest person's ego 把最謙虛的人也能吹捧得趾高氣揚的恭維.
3 [I, Tn] (finance 財) take action to increase the amount of money in circulation in (an economy) so that prices rise 物價上漲; 使通貨膨脹. Cf 參看 deflate, reflate.
?? 考研助記
in進+flat+e→吹氣進去)[flat=blow,表示"吹"]
?? 擴展釋義
*[in'fleit]vt. 使膨脹, 使得意, 使通貨膨脹, 使充氣vi. 充氣, 膨脹【經】 使(通貨)膨脹, 抬高(物價)
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I'm very sorry. I borrowed a book from the library two weeks ago.
“很對不起。兩周前我從圖書館借了一本書。
When they arrived, he said: Welcome to our factory! Please come this way. Don't rush.
“歡迎參觀我們廠！請走這邊。別急。”
I like reading English books, but they're sometimes rather hard.
我喜歡看英語書，但有時候英語書相當難讀。