deflate

英 [dɪˈfleɪt]

美 [dɪˈfleɪt]

v.  放掉(轮胎、气球等的)气; (使)瘪下来; 使泄气; 挫败…的锐气; 紧缩(通货)

过去式：deflated　过去分词：deflated　现在分词：deflating　第三人称单数：deflates　

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Collins.1 / BNC.14595 / COCA.13622

牛津词典

verb

• 放掉（轮胎、气球等的）气；（使）瘪下来
  to let air or gas out of a tyre, balloon , etc.; to become smaller because of air or gas coming out
• 使泄气；挫败…的锐气
  to make sb feel less confident; to make sb/sth feel or seem less important
  1. All the criticism had left her feeling totally deflated.
     所有这些批评使她彻底失去了信心。
• 紧缩（通货）
  to reduce the amount of money being used in a country so that prices fall or stay steady

柯林斯词典

• VERB 使泄气;挫…的锐气;贬低…的重要性
  If youdeflatesomeone or something, you take away their confidence or make them seem less important.
  1. Like any actor he can be self-centred but I think I've worked out how to deflate him...
     跟其他演员一样，他有时也会以自我为中心，但我想自己已经找到了如何挫他锐气的办法。
  2. Britain's other hopes of medals were deflated earlier in the day.
     英国另外的夺牌希望在那天早些时候受到了打击。
• V-ERG 放(轮胎、气球等)的气;（使）瘪掉
  When something such as a tyre or balloondeflates, or when youdeflateit, all the air comes out of it.
  1. When it returns to shore, the life-jacket will deflate and revert to a harness...
     返回岸上后，救生衣就会瘪掉，恢复成背带状。
  2. ...a deflated dinghy.
     瘪了气的救生筏
  3. We deflate the tyres to make it easier to cross the desert.
     我们把轮胎放了气，以便穿越沙漠时更容易一些。

英英释义

verb

• become deflated or flaccid, as by losing air
  1. The balloons deflated
• reduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a decline in value or prices
  1. deflate the currency
• produce deflation in
  1. The new measures deflated the economy
• reduce or lessen the size or importance of
  1. The bad review of his work deflated his self-confidence
  Synonym:puncture
• release contained air or gas from
  1. deflate the air mattress
• collapse by releasing contained air or gas
  1. deflate a balloon

双语例句

• Britain's other hopes of medals were deflated earlier in the day.
  英国另外的夺牌希望在那天早些时候受到了打击。
• Perhaps your friend isn't trying to deflate your ego after all.
  毕竟你的朋友不想伤害你的自尊。
• As discussed in a previous commentary, if the government doesn't deliberately deflate the bubble it could continue until the effects of the massive monetary inflation become evident in food prices.
  就像在之前的评论中讨论过的一样，如果政府不有意缩小这个泡沫，那么这个泡沫就将继续膨胀直到巨大货币通货膨胀的效果在食品价格上明显显现出来。
• If the steam needs quick deflating, the deflation valve stem can be pressed to deflate the steam thoroughly.
  如急于放气可压住放气阀杆把蒸汽放净。
• But that has not been fast enough to offset the deceleration in private sector investment as housing prices deflate.
  但是，这种长速还不足以抵消私营行业投资随着房价下跌的加速下降。
• Mortgage lending and lending to property developers soared last year, helping to inflate a real estate bubble that the government is now trying to deflate without causing it to pop.
  按揭贷款和房地产开发贷款去年大幅上升，帮助吹大了房地产泡沫，如今政府正努力在不戳破泡沫的情况下给泡沫放气。
• Financial history shows that bubbles create capacity, which is no longer needed once they deflate.
  金融史表明，泡沫会创造产能，而一旦泡沫破裂，这些产能也不再被需要。
• Think about what conditions or situations about your life you find troubling and that seem to deflate your self-esteem.
  考虑你的生活中哪些环境或处境让你感到有麻烦、似乎在打击你的自尊心。
• The Government decided to deflate.
  政府决定紧缩通货。
• Her social value will continue to deflate while yours will continue to rise-an inverse relationship of social value.
  她的社交价值会继续降低，你的会持续升高&一个关于社交价值反方向的关系。