inflate
inflate 英 [ɪnˈfleɪt] 美 [ɪnˈflet]
vt. 使充气;使通货膨胀 vi. 膨胀;充气
进行时:inflating 过去式:inflated 过去分词:inflated 第三人称单数:inflates
- Using your own breath or an air pump, you can inflate a balloon — or anything else you need to pump air into. When you inflate something you fill it with air (or any other gas) to make it expand.
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- vt. 使充气;使通货膨胀
- vi. 膨胀;充气
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1. When they are found, doctors pass a tube with a balloon into the narrowed area and inflate the balloon to compress plaque deposits against the side of the artery.
当它们被发现后,医生通过一个软管把一个小气球进入狭小的区域并且膨胀这个气球去压缩动脉边沉淀下来的血小板。
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2. Nor can euro members inflate the cost of the debt away, since they do not control monetary policy.
欧元国也不能用通货膨胀的方式来降低借贷成本,因为他们不能控制货币政策。
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3. If it fails to inflate, or you need top up the air, blow into this tube.
如果充气失败,或者你需要补充充气,向管子直接吹气即可。
- inflate (v.) early 15c., "cause to swell," from Latin inflatus (source also of Italian enfiare, Spanish inflar, French enfler), past participle of inflare "blow into, puff up," figuratively "inspire, encourage," from in- "into" (from PIE root *en "in") + flare "to blow" (from PIE root *bhle- "to blow"). Economics sense (of prices, currency, etc.) is from 1843. In some senses a back-formation from inflation. Related: Inflated; inflating.
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