• vt. 放氣；使縮小；緊縮通貨；打擊；使泄氣
• vi. 縮??；物價(jià)下降

de-, 不，非，使相反。-flat, 膨脹，鼓氣，詞源同blow, inflate.

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.

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(huì)癟掉，恢復(fù)成背帶狀。

來(lái)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(shí)也會(huì)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(lái)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(shí)更容易一些。

來(lái)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(lái)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(shì)必將緊縮貨幣供應(yīng)量.

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