deflate
英 [d?'fle?t]
美[d?'flet]
英英釋義
實用場景例句
近義詞despair mortify down let the into take dispirit put depress lower dishearten of a humiliate peg plunge discourage out wind
反義詞
- vt. 放氣；使縮小；緊縮通貨；打擊；使泄氣
- vi. 縮小；物價下降
TEM8IELTS低頻詞擴展詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?deflates;過去式:?deflated;過去分詞:?deflated;現(xiàn)在分詞:?deflating;
中文詞源
deflate 使泄氣
de-, 不，非，使相反。-flat, 膨脹，鼓氣，詞源同blow, inflate.
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. When it returns to shore, the life-jacket will deflate and revert to a harness.
- 返回岸上后，救生衣就會癟掉，恢復(fù)成背帶狀。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Like any actor he can be self-centred but I think I've worked out how to deflate him.
- 跟其他演員一樣，他有時也會以自我為中心，但我想自己已經(jīng)找到了如何挫他銳氣的辦法。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. We deflate the tyres to make it easier to cross the desert.
- 我們把輪胎放了氣，以便穿越沙漠時更容易一些。
來自辭典例句
- 4. Nothing could deflate his ego / pomposity , ie make him less self - assured or pompous.
- 任何事都不能削弱他的自信心[氣焰].
來自辭典例句
- 5. The up - regulating of required reserve ratio will deflate money supply.
- 上調(diào)準(zhǔn)備金率勢必將緊縮貨幣供應(yīng)量.
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