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单词 bloated
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bloated
(bltɪd )
1. adjective
If someone's body or a part of their body is bloated, it is much larger than normal, usually because it has a lot of liquid or gas inside it.
...the bloated body of a dead bullock.
His face was bloated.
Synonyms: puffed up, swollen, blown-up, enlarged  
2. adjective [verb-link ADJECTIVE]
If you feel bloated after eating a large meal, you feel very full and uncomfortable.
Diners do not want to leave the table feeling bloated.
Synonyms: too full, stuffed [informal], blown up, swollen up  
3. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
If you describe an organization as bloated, you mean that it is larger and less efficient than it should be.
...its massive state apparatus and bloated bureaucracy.
Collocations:
bloated budget
It has blown its bloated budget on sumptuous, scene-stealing costumes that it assumes will distract us from the absence of any drama.
Times, Sunday Times
It was the biggest slap-in-the-face challenge a film-maker who's used to bloated budgets could have.
Times, Sunday Times
Some bloated budgets can afford to be cut by a third.
The Sun
Traditional aerospace companies, used to casual deadlines and bloated budgets, are scrambling to keep up.
Times, Sunday Times
bloated bureaucracy
At their worst, they are another layer of bloated bureaucracy in an often unresponsive public sector.
Times, Sunday Times
One large obstacle to the reform process was the corrupt, inefficient, and bloated bureaucracy.
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They have promised to cut the amount of data collection required so that universities can cull their bloated bureaucracies, but have so far had little effect.
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They have performed this shroud-waving while leaving bloated bureaucracies in place.
Times, Sunday Times
bloated feeling
Avoid fizzy drinks and sparkling water as these put extra gas in your system, which can add to that bloated feeling.
Times, Sunday Times
A healthy packed lunch can give you the energy boost your body and brain are craving and avoid the bloated feeling you'll get from a plate of greasy carbs.
The Sun
Plus, the controlled salt levels and potassium-rich foods like fruit and vegetables will help you get rid of excess fluid and lose that uncomfortable bloated feeling.
The Sun
bloated government
He heads a nation notorious for its rigid working hours, inflexible attitude to reform and bloated government.
The Sun
It's also very welcome that most of the money will come from job cuts in bloated government departments.
The Sun
The government's crack team of special advisers will no doubt have noticed over the past couple of weeks that voters are growing weary of high tax and bloated government.
Times, Sunday Times
bloated salary
You are haemorrhaging cash: according to reports, more than 200,000 per day just to pay the players' bloated salaries.
Times, Sunday Times
The corporation has taken a pounding for executives' bloated salaries, fat expense accounts, generous pensions and all round profligacy.
Times, Sunday Times
Provided they get their bloated salaries and pensions, why rock the boat?
Times, Sunday Times
bloated stomach
Do they feel tired for no apparent reason or have a bloated stomach?
Times, Sunday Times
They speed by and, as they do, must surely punch a hole in the bloated stomach of the standard 606 show.
Times, Sunday Times
Most puppies arrive with worms and a bloated stomach so need regular treatments from the vet for a few months.
The Sun
His last days were spent with a bloated stomach, unable to walk.
The Sun
It can, however, seriously affect other people with physical discomfort such as flatulence, bloated stomach and stomach pains.
Times, Sunday Times
Translations:
Chinese: 肿胀的
Japanese: ふくれた
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