1. 使泄氣;挫…的銳氣;貶低…的重要性 If you deflate someone or something, you take away their confidence or make them seem less important.
e.g. Like any actor he can be self-centred but I think I've worked out how to deflate him... 跟其他演員一樣,他有時(shí)也會(huì )以自我為中心,但我想自己已經(jīng)找到了如何挫他銳氣的辦法。 e.g. Britain's other hopes of medals were deflated earlier in the day. 英國另外的奪牌希望在那天早些時(shí)候受到了打擊。
deflated When she refused I felt deflated. 當她拒絕時(shí)我感到灰心喪氣。
2. 放(輪胎、氣球等)的氣;(使)癟掉 When something such as a tyre or balloon deflates, or when you deflate it, all the air comes out of it.
e.g. When it returns to shore, the life-jacket will deflate and revert to a harness... 返回岸上后,救生衣就會(huì )癟掉,恢復成背帶狀。 e.g. ...a deflated dinghy. 癟了氣的救生筏
deflate英英釋義
verb
1. become deflated or flaccid, as by losing air
e.g. The balloons deflated
2. reduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a decline in value or prices
e.g. deflate the currency
3. produce deflation in
e.g. The new measures deflated the economy
4. reduce or lessen the size or importance of
e.g. The bad review of his work deflated his self-confidence