1、inflate

(使)充氣;(使)膨脹;(使)脹大

Stuart jumped into the sea and inflated the liferaft.

斯圖爾特跳到海里給救生艇充氣。

Don's lifejacket had failed to inflate.

唐的救生衣未能充氣膨脹。

抬高(物價);(使)(物價)漲高

The promotion of a big release can inflate a film's final cost.

大規模發行所需的廣告宣傳會增加一部電影的最終成本。

Clothing prices have not inflated as much as automobiles.

服裝價格的漲幅不及汽車那么高。

夸張;夸大;吹噓

They inflated clients' medical treatment to defraud insurance companies.

他們夸大客戶傷勢的嚴重性和治療情形以欺騙保險公司。

Even his war record was fraudulently inflated.

甚至他的參戰履歷也是夸大其詞，充滿謊言。

2、come up

走近;走到跟前

Her cat came up and rubbed itself against their legs.

她的貓跑上前來，在他們腿上蹭來蹭去。

He came up to me and said: 'Come on, John.'

他走到我跟前說：“快點，約翰。”

被提及;被討論

The subject came up during a pre-dinner drink with our guests

在與客人喝餐前酒的時候，有人提到了這個話題。

Jeane Kirkpatrick's name has come up a lot.

珍妮·柯克帕特里克的名字被多次提到。

即將發生;即將到來

Plan your activities so that you are rested and refreshed when something important is coming up.

做好日常規劃，這樣一旦發生大事，才能夠從容不迫。

We do have elections coming up.

我們的確將要進行選舉。