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. 使泄氣
I hate to deflate your ego, but you seem to have an exaggerated idea of your importance to me. 我不願傷你的自尊，但是你好像高估了你對我的重要性。
2. deflatedADJ 泄氣的
When she refused I felt deflated. 她拒絕時，我感到很沮喪。
3. V-I When something such as a tyre or balloon deflates, or when you deflate it, all the air comes out of it. 放氣; 漏氣
We drove a few miles until the tyre deflated and we had to stop the car. 我們開了幾英裡直到輪胎漏氣了，然後我們不得不停下車。
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deflate /dɪˈfleɪt/ (deflating,deflated,deflates)
剑桥词典
deflate verb (MAKE SMALLER)
[ 不及物動詞：後麪不接賓語的動詞 or 及物動詞：後麪接賓語的動詞 ]If something that has air or gas inside it deflates, or is deflated, it becomes smaller because it loses the air or gas .
（使）變癟；給…放氣
to deflate a balloon /tyre 給氣球／輪胎放氣
deflate verb (WEAKEN)
[ 及物動詞：後麪接賓語的動詞 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 . 最近的兩次補選失利使該黨的雄心受到了不小的打擊。
[ 及物動詞：後麪接賓語的動詞 often passive ]
to make someone lose confidence or feel less important
使灰心，使泄氣
They were totally deflated by losing the game . 他們輸掉比賽後徹底喪失了信心。
deflate verb (MONEY)
[ 及物動詞：後麪接賓語的動詞 ]to reduce the supply of money in an economy
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