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

• 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。
• The Government decided to deflate.
  政府决定紧缩通货。
• Moreover, the funds now on offer are not enough to finance vulnerable countries for long enough to avoid defaults, particularly since the latter will need to deflate and restructure their way back to growth.
  此外，现在拿出的资金，不足以为脆弱的国家长久提供资金来避免违约，尤其是鉴于后者必须通过通缩和债务重组，才能恢复增长。
• 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。
• There is a reasonable prospect that this bubble will deflate gradually, thanks to additional housing supply and the government's administrative measures to restrict credit.
  多亏了基本住房保障和政府控制信贷的调控措施，房地产泡沫有理由将会逐渐缩小。
• They argue that economic decline could quickly deflate the nationalist euphoria fed by a relentless state media campaign.
  他们辩称，官方媒体无休止宣传催生的民族主义狂喜，可能很快就将被经济衰退所冲淡。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The Millers hoped their book would gently and humorously deflate stereotypes.
  父子俩希望此书能轻松幽默地打破一些人们脑中固有的成见。