deflate

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

Synonym: puncture

5. release contained air or gas from

e.g. deflate the air mattress

6. collapse by releasing contained air or gas

e.g. deflate a balloon

1. 使泄气;挫…的锐气;贬低…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...
跟其他演员一样，他有时也会以自我为中心，但我想自己已经找到了如何挫他锐气的办法。
e.g. Britain's other hopes of medals were deflated earlier in the day.
英国另外的夺牌希望在那天早些时候受到了打击。

2. 放(轮胎、气球等)的气;（使）瘪掉
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，救生衣就会瘪掉，恢复成背带状。
e.g. ...a deflated dinghy.
瘪了气的救生筏

1. 放出空气,使坍陷,减消：defer 顺从 | deflate 放出空气,使坍陷,减消 | deject 使沮丧

2. 放气：deflagrator 爆燃器 | deflate 放气 | deflation 放气

3. 抽：deflagration 爆燃 | deflate 抽 | deflatingvalve 放气阀

4. 排氣：充气INFLATE | 排气DEFLATE | 配重带WEIGHTS BELT