1. Could an over-inflated image of oneself push you to destruction at the hands of a foe that you had no right to challenge? 这种过度膨胀的自信会不会促使你去挑战你本无力对抗的敌人，而招致灭顶之灾？
2. They managed to get some outside funding - either from venture capital or over-inflated stock prices - and they spent like there was no tomorrow. 他们想方设法获取一些外在的资金——或来自冒险的资本、或过于膨胀的股票价格——而且他们花销起来象是没有明天一样。
3. To explain the form of a whole building through its relationship with a finial detail of another seems over-inflated, and it's an odd tribute to a slave-owner. 通过它与一个尖顶细节和另一个则似乎过度扩展的关系来诠释整个建筑的形式，并且它也近似是一个给奴隶主的奇怪的贡品。
4. Both are accused of unlawful conduct over the lease of new police headquarters at grossly inflated prices. 两人都被控非法以明显过高的价格把新的警察总部大楼出租出去。
5. The pressure from Washington for quick results led to what some now concede was the over-selling of the operation, creating inflated expectations and unrealistic deadlines. 来自华盛顿要求快速解决的压力导致了现在很多妥协性的计划，包括：过多的军事行动，制定不切实际的预期和不现实的最后期限。
