inflate

记忆“inflate”可以通过联想其构成成分。将“in”想象成向内填充，“flat”想象成平板或平面。所以“inflate”可以想象成“向里面填充”或“使变平”，就像向气球内充气使其膨胀一样。这种视觉和动态的联想可以帮助记忆。

inflate 充气，膨胀

in-,进入，使，-flat,吹，鼓起，词源同blow,conflate.引申词义充气，膨胀。

inflate

inflate: [16] Inflate comes from inflātus, the past participle of Latin inflāre ‘blow into’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix in- and flāre ‘blow’ (a distant relative of English blow). The use of inflate and inflation as technical terms in economics to denote uncontrolled growth in money supply, credit, etc originated in 1830s America.
=> blow

inflate (v.)

early 15c., "cause to swell," from Latin inflatus, past participle of inflare "to blow into, inflate" (see inflation). Economics sense from 1844. In some senses a back-formation from inflation. Related: Inflatable; inflated; inflating.

1. The promotion of a big release can inflate a film'sfinal cost.

大规模发行所需的广告宣传会增加一部电影的最终成本。

2. Airbags inflate instantaneously on impact.

安全气囊遇到撞击立即膨胀。

3. Don's lifejacket had failed to inflate.

唐的救生衣未能充气膨胀。

4. Inflate your life jacket by pulling sharply on the cord.

猛拽绳扣使你的救生衣充气。

5. The buyers bid against each other and often inflate the prices they pay.

买主们竞相投标,往往人为地提高价钱.

【raise, extend, increase, expand, inflate, add】
raise: 提高
extend: (程度、长度)
increase: 增加
expand: （尺码，数量，稳定性）扩大，增加，提高
inflate: 膨胀，鼓气，涨价
add: 增加，添加

【enlarge, extend, stretch, prolong, inflate, expand, increase, multiply, lengthen, add, augment, amplify】
enlarge: 放大（照片）
extend: 使…（在空间或时间上）更大，更长；伸长，伸展，延展；舒展（肢体），extend sth
stretch: vt 拉长，撑大；绵延，延续
prolong: 人为的延长时间
inflate: 使（轮胎、气球等）充气，膨胀，inflate sth (with sth)
expand: 使…变大，扩大，扩展，expand sth into sth
increase: 增加，增大（数目、数量、体积等），increase sth from…to…
multiply: 成倍的增加
lengthen: 指自然的延长时间或空间
add: 加，添加，add sth to sth
augment: vt 增多，增大，augment sth
amplify: 特指音量，电流等的扩大