/bloʊt/
too much growth膨胀
budget/bureaucratic bloat
预算膨胀；官僚机构庞大
The company became an example of corporate bloat. [=it became too big]
这个公司成为人浮于事的典型。
verb
[T, I] ~ sthto swell or make sth swell, especially in an unpleasant way （使）膨胀，肿胀
Her features had been bloated by years of drinking.
她酗酒多年，已变得面部浮肿。