deflate

• vt. 放气；使缩小；紧缩通货；打击；使泄气
• vi. 缩小；物价下降

de-, 不，非，使相反。-flat, 膨胀，鼓气，词源同blow, inflate.

1. collapse by releasing contained air or gas;

"deflate a balloon"

2. release contained air or gas from;

"deflate the air mattress"

3. reduce or lessen the size or importance of;

"The bad review of his work deflated his self-confidence"

4. produce deflation in;

"The new measures deflated the economy"

5. reduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a decline in value or prices;

"deflate the currency"

6. become deflated or flaccid, as by losing air;

"The balloons deflated"

deflate (v.)

1891, in reference to balloons, coinage based on inflate. Latin deflare meant "to blow away," but in the modern word the prefix is taken in the sense of "down." Related: Deflated; deflating.

All the criticism had left her feeling totally deflated.

所有这些批评使她彻底失去了信心。

牛津词典

...a deflated dinghy.

瘪了气的救生筏

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

For only thus can we deflate the enemy's arrogance and raise the people's morale.

只有如此,才能使敌焰下降,民气大伸.

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Deflate the \ tire and then inflate it afresh.

把轮胎的气放掉,然后重新充上气.

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You could blow it up just like a balloon, and deflate it while not using.

不用的时候可以像薄薄的一张纸片一样收起来.

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This document describes how to use the PPP Deflate compression compression PPP agreement Packaging paper reported.

本文档描述了如何使用PPPDeflate压缩协议压缩PPP封装报文.

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After why pulling a head cannot deflate?

为什么拉完头后不能放气?

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He refuses to accept any theory that attempts to either deflate it or reduce it.

他不接受任何企图贬低[真理]或将它化约至其他概念的理论.

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We breathe out simply by relaxing the diaphragm; the lungs deflate like balloons.

我们呼气其实就是简单的隔膜松弛下来, 肺就像气球一样缩小了.

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But investors now think China might, somehow , be able to make a bubble deflate slowly.

但目前投资者认为,中国或许能够设法让泡沫慢慢缩小.

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One sharp remark is enough deflate her.

一句尖锐的话足以使她泄气.

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That is unlikely to deflate him.

这种言论不会让他泄气的.

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The Government decided to deflate.

政府决定紧缩通货.

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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。

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