deflate 英 [dɪˈfleɪt]   美 [dɪˈflet]

deflate

deflate  英 [dɪˈfleɪt] 美 [dɪˈflet]

vt. 放气;使缩小;紧缩通货;打击;使泄气  vi. 缩小;物价下降 

进行时:deflating  过去式:deflated  过去分词:deflated  第三人称单数:deflates  名词复数:deflates 

One sharp remark is enough to deflate her. 一句尖锐的话足以使她泄气。
For membership in the euro means that these countries have to deflate their way back to competitiveness, with all the pain that implies. 作为欧元成员国,这些国家必须通过通货紧缩而重新获得竞争能力,这就意味着要遭受所有的痛苦。

  • To deflate is to let the air out of something. If you deflate the tires on your brother's bike, he won't be able to ride it until he gets them pumped up again.
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  • vt. 放气;使缩小;紧缩通货;打击;使泄气
  • vi. 缩小;物价下降
  • 1. One sharp remark is enough to deflate her.

    一句尖锐的话足以使她泄气。

  • 2. For membership in the euro means that these countries have to deflate their way back to competitiveness, with all the pain that implies.

    作为欧元成员国,这些国家必须通过通货紧缩而重新获得竞争能力,这就意味着要遭受所有的痛苦。

  • 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.
de·flate verb 1 / dɪˈfleɪt ; NAmE dɪˈfleɪt / / ˌdiːˈfleɪt ; NAmE ˌdiːˈfleɪt / [transitive ,  intransitive ] deflate(sth) to let air or gas out of a tyre, balloon,etc; to become smaller because of air or gas coming out 放掉(轮胎、气球等的)气;(使)瘪下来 2 / dɪˈfleɪt ; NAmE dɪˈfleɪt / [transitive ,  often passive ] deflatesb/sth to make sb feel less confident; to make sb/sth feel or seem less important 使泄气;挫败…的锐气 All the criticism had left her feeling totally deflated. 所有这些批评使她彻底失去了信心。 3 / ˌdiːˈfleɪt ; NAmE ˌdiːˈfleɪt / [transitive ] deflatesth ( economics ) to reduce the amount of money being used in a country so that prices fall or stay steady 紧缩(通货) compare inflate  (3 ) , reflate deflate deflates deflated deflating de·flate / dɪˈfleɪt ; NAmE dɪˈfleɪt /
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