| 单词 | inflated |
| 释义 | inflatedWord family noun inflation inflatable deflation reflation inflationisminflationistinflatorinflatusadjective inflatable inflated inflationary deflationary reflationary inflativeverb inflate deflate reflate adverbinflatedlyinflatingly Business in·flat·ed /ɪnˈfleɪtɪd/ adjectiveadj 1 BEXPENSIVEinflated prices, amounts etc are high and unreasonable 〔价格、数量等〕过高的 grossly/vastly/hugely inflated company directors on grossly inflated salaries 薪水过高的公司董事 2 IMPORTANTinflated ideas, opinions etc about someone or something make them seem better, more important etc than they really are 〔想法、意见等〕夸张的，言过其实的 He has a very inflated opinion of himself. 他自视甚高。 3. AIRfilled with air or gas 充气的 Examples from the Corpus inflated• an inflated budget estimate• All this attention has given Carla an inflated opinion of herself. grossly/vastly/hugely inflated• The horse's nostrils were vastly inflated and it was panting rhythmically as its hooves struck the hard ground.• Ditchburn covered up the extra payments through a hugely inflated figure for the purchase of straw to protect the turf from frost.• Gorgeous lavender-blue orchid-like blooms in short spikes above curious glossy foliage with grossly inflated leaf bases.• High-ranking officers were only too willing to pay vastly inflated prices for a little judicious alteration and improvement to their standard uniforms.• Salary caps are imposed to prevent richer clubs gaining an unfair advantage over poorer rivals by offering players vastly inflated salaries. From Longman Business Dictionary inflatedin·flat·ed /ɪnˈfleɪtɪd/ adjectiveadj [only before a noun] inflated prices, sums etc are unreasonably high These company directors are paid grossly inflated salaries. |
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