deflate
柯林斯词典
1. V-T If you deflate someone or something, you take away their confidence or make them seem less important. 使泄气
I hate to deflate your ego, but you seem to have an exaggerated idea of your importance to me. 我不愿伤你的自尊，但是你好像高估了你对我的重要性。
2. deflatedADJ 泄气的
When she refused I felt deflated. 她拒绝时，我感到很沮丧。
3. V-I When something such as a tyre or balloon deflates, or when you deflate it, all the air comes out of it. 放气; 漏气
We drove a few miles until the tyre deflated and we had to stop the car. 我们开了几英里直到轮胎漏气了，然后我们不得不停下车。
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deflate /dɪˈfleɪt/ (deflating,deflated,deflates)
剑桥词典
deflate verb (MAKE SMALLER)
[ 不及物动词：后面不接宾语的动词 or 及物动词：后面接宾语的动词 ]If something that has air or gas inside it deflates, or is deflated, it becomes smaller because it loses the air or gas .
（使）变瘪；给…放气
to deflate a balloon /tyre 给气球／轮胎放气
deflate verb (WEAKEN)
[ 及物动词：后面接宾语的动词 often passive ]to cause something to become weaker
削弱；使受挫
The party's ambitions have been deflated by the two recent by-election defeats . 最近的两次补选失利使该党的雄心受到了不小的打击。
[ 及物动词：后面接宾语的动词 often passive ]
to make someone lose confidence or feel less important
使灰心，使泄气
They were totally deflated by losing the game . 他们输掉比赛后彻底丧失了信心。
deflate verb (MONEY)
[ 及物动词：后面接宾语的动词 ]to reduce the supply of money in an economy
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