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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 inflating
 加壓

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 In·flate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inflated; p. pr. & vb. n. Inflating.]
 1. To swell or distend with air or gas; to dilate; to expand; to enlarge; as, to inflate a bladder; to inflate the lungs.
 When passion's tumults in the bosom rise,
 Inflate the features, and enrage the eyes.   --J. Scott of Amwell.
 2. Fig.: To swell; to puff up; to elate; as, to inflate one with pride or vanity.
    Inflate themselves with some insane delight.   --Tennyson.
 3. To cause to become unduly expanded or increased; as, to inflate the currency.