用作不及物动词
▲S+～(+A)
The prices of all houses inflate at approximately the same rate.所有房子的价格均以大致相同幅度飞涨。
Food prices are no longer inflating at the same rate as last year.食物价格的上涨率已不再像去年那样高了。
用作及物动词
▲S+～+n./pron.
He is inflating the balloons.他正在给气球充气。
The government would inflate the economy and then put on price control.政府将先让经济膨胀，然后再实施物价管理。

inflate, dilate, distend, expand, swell
参见expand条。

［派生词］ inflated adj. 充了气的；夸张的，言过其实的