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
- 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
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1. One sharp remark is enough to deflate her.
一句尖锐的话足以使她泄气。
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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.
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