| 例句 |
inflateverb to make greater in size, amount, or numberCheck that you have inflated your tires to the recommended pressure. Some sellers were inflating their prices by as much as 500 per cent. blow up, dilate, distendaerateaccelerate, add (to), aggrandize, amplify, augment, boost, build up, compound, enlarge, escalate, expand, extend, hype, increase, multiply, pump up, raise, swell, stoke, supersize, uphike, jack (up), lift, raise, upboom, jump, skyrocket, spikebump (up), ratchet (up)also rachet (up)draw out, elongate, flesh (out), lengthen, prolong, protract, stretchdevelop, enhance, heighten, intensify, magnifycomplement, supplementbeef (up), reinforce(also reenforce), strengthenmaximizeaccumulate, amass, collectfollow up, parlay compress, condense, constrict, contractabate, decrease, de-escalate, diminish, downsize, dwindle, lessen, lower, minify, reduce, subtract (from)abbreviate, abridge, curtail, shortencut back, retrench to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or numberAirbags are designed to inflate automatically on impact. blow up, bulk, distend, puff (up)accelerate, accumulate, appreciate, balloon, boom, build up, burgeon(also bourgeon), climb, enlarge, escalate, expand, gain, increase, mount, multiply, mushroom, proliferate, rise, roll up, snowball, spread, swell, waxjump, rocket, skyrocket, surgeheighten, intensify, redoublecrescendo, crest, peak contract, decrease, diminish, dwindle, lessen, recede, wanecompress, condense, constrict, contract, shrink expand, amplify, swell, distend, inflate, dilate mean to increase in size or volume.expand may apply regardless of the manner of increase (such as growth, unfolding, addition of parts).a business that expands every year amplify implies the extension or enlargement of something inadequate.amplify the statement with details swell implies gradual expansion beyond a thing's original or normal limits.the bureaucracy swelled to unmanageable proportions distend implies outward extension caused by pressure from within.a distended abdomen inflate implies expanding by introduction of air or something insubstantial and suggests a vulnerability to sudden collapse.an inflated ego dilate applies especially to expansion of circumference.dilated pupils in the 15th century |