1. In spite of these blemishes, the price-to-rents gauge is a useful check on how puffed-up property markets are. 尽管存在这些不足，售租比测量方案也是检测房产市场膨胀程度的有效工具。
2. Rating agencies systematically underestimated default risk on vast amounts of debt, resulting in puffed-up prices and a surfeit of issuance. 信贷评级机构常常低估大额贷款的违约风险，致使价格不切实际的上涨和大规模发行。 ---》评级机构在大量债务上系统性的低估违约风险，。。。
3. These photos included universal displays of happiness (broad smiles), pride (raised heads, puffed-up chests) and shame (lowered heads, averted eyes). 这些图片包括了被公认的下列表情：快乐(开怀大笑)，骄傲(昂首挺胸)和害羞(低头，转移目光)。
4. The word came from the second world war, describing the smoke from German anti-aircraft shells, and hence the puffed-up information or exaggerated shows Mr Safire and his sort provided. 该词来自第二次世界大战，本是描述德军防空炮弹爆炸时产生的浓烟，后来就转指赛菲尔先生和其公关业同行所提供的自吹自擂的信息或夸张的表演。
