喜樂美語

Think of a pump pushing air into something. The skin stretches, the shape gets big and firm, and from the outside it looks full — but what went in was only air. English uses that one picture for a tyre, for a price, for a man's opinion of himself, and for a page of heavy words. In each case the size is real and the content is not.

inflated 可以想成打氣的畫面：氣被灌進去，外皮撐開，東西看起來又大又飽滿，但裡面裝的只是空氣。英文把這同一個畫面用在輪胎、價錢、一個人對自己的看法，還有一整頁大而空的文字上。記住「體積變大、東西沒變多，戳一下就消下去」，幾個意思就連在一起了。

登入就可以看每一支怎麼連回核心畫面。

容易混在一起的字在訂閱裡。容易混在一起的字需要訂閱帳號。

同家族的字

比較級 more inflated最高級 most inflated

原始詞典資料7 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

inflatedadj/ɪnˈfleɪtɪd/

  • 1

    Filled with air or fluid

    • The inflated balloons danced in the breeze.
  • 2

    Expanded; in a state of inflation, of abnormally increased size, amount, etc.

    • His inflated belly looked uncomfortable.
  • 3

    economicssciencesIn a state of higher cost.

    • His inflated prices made the vendor unpopular.
    • Apprenticeship programmes supply the industry with an ongoing cohort of qualified talent. It is much cheaper to train new people than to pay inflated wages to attract existing talent. Apprenticeships are also a useful way of teaching the practical, hands-on skills that the modern railway needs.
  • 4

    Pompous; arrogant (of a person or ego)

  • 5

    Containing excessive, meaningless words, particularly for show

    • The inflated speech did not impress the audience.
  • 6

    Higher that the true figure

    • inflated incidence figures

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

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